The next experiment in Pam Grout's E-Squared is to tap into the concept that everything we could possibly want is available to us in abundance, but because there is so much "stuff" coming at us in the course of a nanosecond we filter out all but what we've been conditioned to look for.
So today I was to count the amount of vehicles of a certain colour I saw. I picked the colour white because I don't see many of those in the course of my day; I wanted to make this a bit of a challenge. I saw 168 white vehicles on my drive to work alone and another 20 on the way home before it got too dark to determine colours. That's a lot of white vehicles.
The first thing I saw when I looked out the front window this morning (straight out of bed) was a white pick-up truck going by on the road. I also saw an ambulance, many odd-looking delivery vehicles, semi-trucks and at least 5 Purolator vans on my commute. I thought that last was a little too coincidental so I asked a co-worker if there was a dispatch center for the company nearby. She confirmed there was. This means that I have probably passed numerous Purolator trucks every day on the way to work, but I haven't seen a single one because I haven't been looking for them. Today, because I was looking for white vehicles, I finally saw them all. Amazing.
As referenced in my previous blog (E2 - Second Experiment, pt. 2), there have been 2 car accidents this week already on my way home from work that delayed me. Today, there was a 3rd accident on the way in to work. And guess what colour the car was? Yep. White. Just weird.
Tomorrow I'm supposed to look for something a little more challenging. Grout suggests looking for yellow butterflies. I've decided to look for blue marbles because I can't even fathom where I would see a blue marble - let alone multiples. I'm excited by this one - if I see a blue marble I'm thinking that's a pretty big "sign."
And on we go.
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