Life Can Be So Surreal

Yet only a few people seem to notice. Most are so often distracted by mundane concerns and hypnotized by the mass media, that they mostly fail to see just how surreal it can be. We are wrongly taught that the best way to find surrealism in life is by paying for some kind of show, when in fact, the surreal is waiting for us wherever we are.

We in the arts fields (music, writing, theater, dance, etc.), however, are generally more aware of the stranger side of life; observation is integral to our professions. We can help people become more aware of their world as a playground for the imagination. We are more like the children, to whom an awareness of the surreal feels natural.
Such interesting sights and happenings become noticeable when one is willing to see magic in the everyday. We are drawn into the greater depths of experience when we are open to the element of surprise.

So the next time your neighbor starts looking like some creature from the Alaskan tundra, your front lawn starts looking like a jeweled paradise, or if you feel as if you just stepped into a movie, just think...you are in a state of mind where great discoveries are often made and a great deal of fun is to be had! :D