Things we sometimes just walk by… downtown Nashville

I’m clearly still obsessed with close-up shots so here are a few from downtown Nashville. I tried to find things we might not normally take photos of simply to notice the beauty in ordinary things… like plants beside a sidewalk, metal railing, or concrete barricades.

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-Out of the Wilderness

Original mazes (part 2)

These are few mazes that were started with good intentions, but somewhere along the way didn’t turn out exactly how I envisioned them. But in the end I still like how the first one looks…

Created for my oldest niece who committed to Florida State in the fall

first attempt at drawing “FSU”… the F is a little or a lot wonky

this was a scrap sheet where I drew a few practice sketches of a pelican. I figured, why not turn it into it’s own maze. There is redemption in imperfection… is the lesson here 🙂

Thanks for stopping by!

-Out of the Wilderness

Toothbrushes for 20 years

Have you ever thought about this…

You could buy 40 toothbrushes at $1 each and with that $40, you’d be set for 20 years.

20 YEARS!

Speaking of “essential items” like clothing, hygiene, etc, is there anything else on which you could spend so little and it last so long? This is blowing my mind right now. Cars, computers, food, shoes, shirts, watches, pens, pencils, masks, sunglasses, sunblock, the list goes on and on with things that wouldn’t even come close to the longevity of these 40 toothbrushes at such an affordable cost.

At the time of this post, I can only think of jeans coming anywhere close to this fascinating quality of toothbrushes. Actually, jeans are unique also because in theory you could buy 40 pairs and be quite prepared to wear them for 80 years (assuming each pair lasts 2 years). The downside is the cost… even at $20/pair, you’re looking at $800.

Jeans and toothbrushes. Who woulda thunk it.

If you can add to this list, comment below. I’ll be waiting because I’m just so down this rabbit hole of a topic it’s not even funny.

-Out of the Wilderness

Original mazes by Ben Wilder

I forgot how much I love drawing mazes! Doing these at my dining room table offered a couple of beneficial things: 1. clear my mind of anything else going on in my life… and 2. creative and critical thinking. Here are a few I’ve done in the last couple of weeks.

Created for my mama… if you’ll notice, it says “I [heart] U” 🙂

Created for my niece who celebrated a birthday recently.

Incorporating my sister’s name, “Shannon” 🙂

I’ll be posting a few more in the coming days so check back for more 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!

-Out of the Wilderness

Can you guess what these are? [part 1]

Let’s play a little guessing game, shall we? I was downtown the other day and snapped a few pictures of things I found interesting. By just looking at the close up images, can you guess what they are? After each image, scroll down to find out what it is. Let me know in the comments how many you got right!

What is this? (scroll down to find out)

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