Senses working overtime #332

1 Zoom dysmorphia

We’re also used to seeing our own reflection when our faces are relaxed – the concentrated frown (or bored expression) you wear in a Zoom meeting jars with the image of yourself you’re used to seeing in the mirror. “Changes in self-perception and anxiety as a result of constant video-conferencing may lead to unnecessary cosmetic procedures, especially in young adults who have had increased exposure to online platforms including videoconferencing, social media, and filters throughout the pandemic,” write Kourosh, Channi Silence and other colleagues.

 

2 The office building - Helen Hoyt 

We kissed there in the stone entrance, In the great cool stone mouth of the building, Before it took you. We kissed under the granite arches. And then you turned and were gone And high about and above were the hard towered walls, The terrible weights of stone, relentless, But for the moment they had been kind to us, Folding us with arms While we kissed.

3 Cats and domino

Cat lovers will enjoy this.

4 Andy Warhol's advice to Iggy Pop

5 Dried roses - Robert Creeley 

“Dried roses…” Were these from some walk All those years ago? Were you the one Was with me? Did we talk? Who else had come along? Memory can stand upright Like an ordered row of stiff stems, Dead echo of flowering heads, Roses once white, pink and red. Back of them the blackness,  Backdrop for all our lives, The wonders we thought to remember Still life, still life. Robert Creeley (1999)

Overtime:  

"Many people wish they started sooner. Almost nobody wishes they started later."

James Clear