Staring into nothingness

and Zoomquilt

1.

I looked out my window for a longer-than-usual time today. To be honest, there isn't much to look at.

Plywood. Iron rods. A barricade. The gate. The expanse of land between the building and the fence. The fence.

Since I live on the ground floor, there isn't much to see, at least not from my window. So, I wasn't exactly looking at the things in front of me.

Instead, my focus was on nothing. With a large grin on my face, I relived a few happy memories, all while gazing out the window.

It was as if what was in front of me didn't matter, and it actually didn't.

I enjoyed diving into happy memories and staring into something and nothing, but I soon got tired of looking outside my window.

2.

Seeking that I-am-looking-but-not-here experience with more variety, I fired up YouTube and tried a few searches.

"Stare into nothingness" was my first search, which brought up a song by Solar Flight.

"Abstract art looping" was the next search. This time I got lucky and found a Zoomquilt.

"Zoomquilt is a collaborative art project that features a continuous, infinitely zooming image. It is composed of various interconnected images created by multiple artists, seamlessly stitched together to create a never-ending visual journey. As the viewer zooms in, new images and details are revealed, creating an immersive experience that captures the imagination."

Here's the first Zoomquilt I found (heads up, it loops for 10 hours, so you might want to pause at some point).

After watching this one, I dived into a few others.

3.

Reflecting now, what I enjoyed about the Zoomquilt was that I could see interesting scenes on my screen and get lost in them. Not trying to decipher or make sense of it, I simply allowed myself to get lost in the entire art and the individual elements I could see.

Also, you can't focus on the entire screen at any given time; you have to choose a specific element within each image to concentrate on (because of how quickly the images move through).

It's beauty and it's nothing. It's both heavy and light at the same time.

4.

I stared into nothingness today, and I enjoyed it.