[Slice of HOME] Seeing 'what is'

I lift my (iPhone) camera, finding the right perspective.

"What do you see right now?", my boyfriend asks.

I do and don't understand his question at the same time. I know I 'see' things others don't. On the other hand, he can look on my screen, so how is it still unclear what I am taking a picture of?

"I see the round bulbs of light inside our tram creating a lovely decorative line above the roofs of the houses and a second one over the houses themselves", I reply.

"Ah, so you see what is", he comments.

I hear myself thinking 'yeah, because what else is there'. But now I understand he meant he looks 'through' such (obvious) details like light reflections. He only saw the houses and their roof tops.

He needed me to see what is.
I needed him to see what I see.

Do you remember a recent moment or picture where you saw something others didn't?

MORE IN THE SLICE OF HOME SERIES:

• [Slice of HOME] The view from my balcony (new photo series)
• [Slice of HOME] View on my neighborhood from a tram window
  
• [Slice of HOME] Dutch roof tiles
• [Slice of HOME] Reflections in my bedroom window
• [Slice of HOME] City landmarks reflected in a window
• [Slice of HOME] Erasmusbrug / Erasmus bridge in Rotterdam
• [Slice of HOME] Changes over time

All photography on steemit.com/@soyrosa is created and edited by me, Rosanne Dubbeld, 2005-2018. Contact me if you want to discuss licensing or collaborations on creative projects :-)