The Art of Noticing

I carry a notebook. And a camera.

Photography and poetry are different ways of exploring the same question: What happens when we really pay attention?

My work is an attempt to make a private act of perception available to another mind.

I’m drawn to ordinary moments that quietly reveal something more—a glance, a gesture, a shaft of light, an unexpected tension, a fleeting sense of humour or longing.

Some experiences become photographs.

Some become haiku, senryu, or haibun.

Some remain in a notebook.

All begin with attention.

Below are a few glimpses.

— Ian.