jedusor | Focusing on the details (Reply)

I realized yesterday how fascinated I am with the building blocks of things, the work that went into creating them. I was looking at a tile shelf and picturing the mortaring process, and wondering how fast you have to wipe off mortar before it dries, and thought back a few days about how often I have these thoughts. Looking at a pencil, my mind leaps to the yellow coating by the lead, wonders why it's ruffled around the edges, and feels proud when I figure it out. Elastic makes me wonder why it stretches; computer screens make me wonder how the lighting behind the screen works; and don't even get me started on anything related to biology. I'm more likely to look at things like quilts and art close up, rather than far away, because you can't see the details. It's harder to figure out what went into making that thing what it is. I want to be able to figure it out, to understand the basics and really understand how complex every single object and creature and thought really is.

Does everyone think like this, and I just haven't realized it? It didn't even occur to me before yesterday, but now that I think about it, that really is how I see the world...