“This is a statue my parents got me, after visiting Italy. They travel a lot and always try to interest me for different cultures. That’s probably why the statue goes along so well with a Moroccon jar. The statue, or marble bust, is likely to be Septime Severe, a Roman emperor. Most of the times, he’s got this beard. Before I spotted the circle, I hadn’t looked at it for a while, so my parents probably really like the rediscovery caused by my quest for circles.” (Anne-Florence from London, United Kingdom)
“This traffic light causes the longest wait on my daily route from The Hague’s train station. Dutch bikers usually ignore red lights, but I prefer to wait. Especially, because it’s one of the city’s busiest intersections. I see this light every day, so I notice tiny changes. For example, when a new sticker got glued to the pole. Or when an old one is removed. I see them as little chapters in a story.. that always ends with the light turning green.” (Tineke from The Hague, The Netherlands)
“My friends are songwriters and preferably do their work on a sunny location, which happend to be Tuscany this time. Since I’m in between jobs I decided to pay them a visit, obviously someone has to keep an eye on the pool. While my friends were busy producing music at the in-house studio, I started a little sunny shape hunt: this sunbathing ball in the water was a great start of my 48-hours mission. Unfortunately I never completed that mission, because I had to discontinue my shape hunt due to way too sunny conditions.” (Sjoerd from Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
“Subway stations aren’t really inspiring places. They are a gateway you have to get through, what the environment looks like doesn’t really matter. But sometimes the environment does catch your eye, like this orange box that caught my eye while traveling the endless tunnels of the Madrilenian underground. The bright color misleads you, this is not something you use in case of danger like a fire, but it is a communication tool for when you have questions. Just press the button bubble and it connects you directly to a helpful voice. I wonder how much it gets used, since everybody uses their phones to get travel information…”(Ernesto from Madrid, Spain).
“Me and my boyfriend like to go on little crazy adventures, this was one of them. Before heading out to Mexico for a holiday, we decided to get our eyes checked together. Pretty cute, right? I have never needed glasses, but you never know for sure, so I wanted to get them checked anyway. While waiting for the optometrist, we were both giggling and teasing each other and suddenly I stared at this big machine and thought it was the coolest thing. So I snapped a little hoop right before the optometrist walked in. Turned out I saw pretty sharp through those hoops, because it turns out I still don’t need glasses!” (Evita from Ventura, California)
