Noticings is a Game of Noticing
"All there is to thinking is seeing something noticeable, which makes you see something you weren't noticing, which makes you see something that isn't even visible" - Leo Strauss
Most people don't notice that noticing is important. But any skilled creative in any industry will tell you that one of the most important things to the craft is exactly that. Noticing stuff. Because the most intriguing, captivating and ingenious things can come from the most mudane noticings. Even when you don't notice something at first it could come back to bite you in moment of inspiration. It’s a form of gathering inspiration from the everywhere to fuel creative work.
That's why I find this project / app / flickr game so cool, Noticings is all about that process, but about pulling together a community of people to do the same.
I know that, If I take our camera out somewhere I end up taking pictures of things and places and objects LIke a deranged tourist. To others it's nothing. To me it's noticing things and recording them for reference, later.
Which is why this site is so, so awesome. You get rewarded for doing just that. Because Noticings takes this process and makes a game of it. And not just a game, but a community, a competition and a collaboration of sorts that forms a collection of all the interesting aspects other people have noticed in the world around them..
And it gets better because it gets specific to your location. Players are encouraged to upload geo-tagged photos to Flickr (tagged with “noticings”) of little bits of inspiration and visual anomalies – anything that catches their eye.
Points are awarded for finding things like the first item in a neighborhood (30 points), noticing something everyday for a week (70 points) or spotting a typo (20 points).
All you need to do is have a flickr account.You can visit the site below.
