Too much familiarity (without [sentimental] attachment, especially) can breed disinterest.
The challenge, then, is to find the unfamaliar in the familiar. To create new narratives through experiencing things differently from how you did before.
This may be as simple as peeking from afar,
daring to go up close,
and/or finding comfort in the awkward in-betweens.
Looking for the “otherwise” in everything — Like the journey of light…
from beyond to below…
and how it touches the earth, rather than how it illuminates a view.
Looking at religion rather than the church,
capturing the prayer rather than the ritual.
Looking for mysteries rather than discoveries,
or mysteries in the discoveries.
Appreciating all creations — from the humble…
to the spectacular;
At the same time, valuing process and practice —
the journeys of crafts,
the highways of their histories.
And, of course, all the while understanding that the lives we intrude…
have the most to tell.
*I’ve gone on the Ilocandia trip thrice, and have experienced three Ilocoses already. And I’d be game for ‘another Ilocos,’ not soon (please), but some-sunny-time, again, in the future. :)
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