Nothing is boring. I find myself perplexed, curious, and amazed when I look at my everyday surroundings – the things that are allegedly normal or status quo. This is what ought to happen because the everyday is not predictable, though it is made out to be. The world reveals irony and absurdity; it contains mystery and humor and is full of ambiguity and illusion.

Witnessing these phenomena is a continuous part of our everyday lives. It is so constant that our eyes are habituated to it and we are indifferent toward it. It is as if seeing is too big and provides too much information. The forest is lost among the trees, so to speak. However, a photograph is like a scale model of seeing or an experiment with looking. It can either be quite detailed and complex, or vague and cryptic. Regardless of which side it lands, it is still external to us. We can approach it and observe the act of looking.

Experimenting with the act of looking, directs me toward the types of things I normally see every day: natural, architectural, and graphic elements in the world around me. With photography, I explore and connect with things I see by coaxing comedy and mystery from them. A closer look asks, “Is the situation actually normal?”