Life is in the Details

Ordinary stuff becomes more precious over time. There are many examples of this phenomenon. Most family heirlooms are only keepsakes because they've existed for so long. Some objects that people have thrown away eventually become retro and valued. Lastly, a public persona, such as Madonna, has become a diva simply by not vanishing from the scene.



I was stopped at this light waiting to cross Deer Lake Parkway and head up Royal Oak Avenue. Even a picture such as this will grow more important as time passes. Things change and people do too. I wish, I'd taken a snap of this location before the upgrade when I used to toboggan down the smaller street in my pickup truck. It's still visible to the right. I wish I had taken photos at various traffic lights on commutes from other points in my life. It'd be interesting to see any image on the way home from work during my overseas years, for example.

Nothing is too trivial to make a record of it.