All The Small Things...

Have you ever been totally inspired by something that came totally out of the blue? Well that's exactly what happened to me today. As it's the last week of term, all the teachers are just letting us watch films and stuff (I know, it's a bit of a waste of time, but today I wasn't complaining!). In French, we watched this film called "Amelie". We're only halfway through - but I love it! She's so unique and content with her life! But the best thing about this film, in my opinion, is the way she notices the small things. Those tiny, perfect moments that we forget to enjoy; thrown into the deep of our non-stop lives.

It tried it out at lunch time. Instead of concentrating on, let's say, somebody's hair, I focused on their eyes. I went to the food counter twice - the first time, as usual, I said "Please" and "Thank you" to the lunch lady. The second time, I said neither, just to see how different a person acts. I noticed how, no matter how close you are, your friends will always leave you the seat covered in some stranger's crumbs. After that, I concentrated on the nervous twitch some teachers get when you have minature staring contests across the classroom; I saw how different people wear their schoolbags (The bizarrely eager ones hitched right up their backs, while the "play-it-cool" guys so low its at their knees). It's actually a lot of fun - teaching your mind to look past the blaring, stating-the-obvious signs and look for something else instead.

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What else happened today? Well, a woman  from the local newspaper came to talk to me about my Pushkin Prize (Aaah, so excited!) and took my picture! It's incredible! I can't quite believe that people are going to be reading about this - I'm not used people really being interested in something I've actually achieved! (May I point out now that I very rarely use exclamation marks, perhaps that gives you an indication of just how excited I am). 

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Anyhow, hopefully everything will sort itself out in the end. Until then, I plan on keeping up my Amelie-inspired-work and looking forward to my week away at writing camp!