Take A Flaw Walk

I showed up early for a coffee date with a friend the other day, so I decided to stroll around the block. It was beautiful out and the whole world looked picturesque. Naturally, I started looking for flaws. That sounds a little sour. But really I just had the imperfect on my mind because flaws are May’s Savor of the Month prompt. In a nutshell, the idea is to be attentive to “flaws” (defined by you) that you notice as you move through the world this month. (Read more here; share your findings and explore others’ here.) And after all, I’ve written about color walks and shape walks — why not a flaw walk?It rapidly became clear that flaws are so easily spotted I needed to think about my preferred flaw aesthetic. Turns out I’m particularly (though not exclusively) partial to accidental abstractions, often geometric or minimal. This ended up being a fun excuse to attend to, and be present in, my surroundings (an area I know fairly well) in a new way. I was slightly late to my coffee…