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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing
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Began as a mindful photography club in London 2017 – now a global community celebrating slowness and curiosity in everyday life. Join us by signing up to our monthly email NOTICING. Explore your attention as a creative act. 📮 wearejustlooking.org
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Dec 5
What might you notice if you slow down and stay curious?

Our 60 Experiments in Looking are designed for exploring your everyday settings with fresh eyes. 👀
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · 4d
A trio of ginkgo trees, noticed by Ana (@ana___g on IG). A reminder of how our designs shape the more-than-human world.

“The middle one turns golden first because it’s not blocked by buildings. I had to stop and rub my eyes a bit.”

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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · 10d
“A bonus photo.” While chasing sunset, Terese (@extinctpoet on instagram) spotted flowers glowing in the last light — an unexpected moment she calls Illuminations.

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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · 14d
From moss to rubbish, symmetry to sunsets — we asked 100 people what they find beautiful, and their answers remind us how much beauty hides in plain sight.

What about you? What’s something ordinary you find beautiful?

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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · 21d
The big arcs in the sky are rare, but smaller ones show up in the most unexpected places — if we pause to notice them.

Once you’ve seen one, you’ll start seeing more (the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon at play).

Tag us with your noticings — we’d love to share them.

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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · 24d
A quiet corner in Bruges. Kerry (@kezadamsz on IG), drawn to the stillness, noticed how the lines of the railings, benches and cobblestones guide the eye into the scene.

Just Looking is about noticing what we might otherwise overlook. Tag @wearejustlooking to share your noticings.

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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · 28d
What happens to a city when we stop noticing it?

In The Phantom Tollbooth, a whole city fades because its people are too busy to look.

We asked our community: what details of your city would you miss if they disappeared?

Here’s what they shared with us!

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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Sep 30
This Sunday 5 October - join us for an online workshop on attention activism! ✊ In this age of distraction and polarisation, where you choose to place your precious attention matters more than ever.

Meet on Zoom:
5-7pm BST
12-2pm EST.

Book your place: wearejustlooking.org/workshop-not...
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Sep 29
A window once meant to look through, now reclaimed—plants pressing forward, reminding us nature is never still.

Thanks for sharing, @urban_minimals_oslo on IG.

Tag @wearejustlooking with your noticings to be featured. Let’s keep inspiring curiosity.

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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Sep 24
On our last photowalk in Abney Park we noticed light through the trees, leaves on the ground, and strangers becoming companions. Our walks are about slowing down and seeing what we might usually miss. Keep an eye out for the next one—everyone’s welcome.

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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Sep 22
Unplanned beauty. ✨ Thanks to Yasumi (@super_ordinarylife on IG) for noticing what’s often seen as rubbish: “Twigs, leaves, flowers still loud with colour. Petals holding their shape like they don’t know they’ve been discarded.” @wearejustlooking.org
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Sep 15
Sometimes taking a different way home shows you a whole new world.

Thanks to Lamby on Instagram (@lambadrian) for sharing this Koot bird moment. On tough days, he and his son walk new routes “to see what we can spot.” This was one of them. 👀

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A silhouetted bird stands in a puddle on a dirt path at dusk, its reflection visible in the water. The background is softly blurred with hints of greenery and a golden sky
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Aug 27
Thanks for sharing @jasonkitcat.bsky.social
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Jun 6
How much of what you notice every day is decided by algorithms? Attention shapes our whole experience of life, yet it is constantly being manipulated online. Join our workshop on 1 July to explore how to reclaim your freedom to choose. ✊

*Book now – before you get distracted 😉 lu.ma/k5l1cdov
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · May 20
London IRL meetup! 🌳

Join us on Sat, May 31 at St James Park! Bring a camera and notebook. We'll play with the "60 Experiments in Looking" cards, hang out with the fig trees, mulberry trees, and say hello to the pelicans. (Good brew at the cafe, too! ☕)

Book your spot here: lu.ma/wearejustloo... 👀
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Lynn Borton @choosetobecurious.bsky.social · Apr 28
"The way in which we see the world alters the world. It shapes us; we shape it..." says @menkasanghvi.bsky.social, mindfulness champion, founder of Just Looking and author of
Your Best Digital Life: Use your mind to tame your tech.

Check out our conversation here: lynnborton.com/2025/04/24/j...
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Apr 24
Ready for a deep and meaningful conversation all about curiosity? Just Looking founder Menka Sanghvi speaks with the wonderful radio show and podcast host Lynn Borton about attention, inner freedom, parenting and how to stay optimistic in these crazy times. Enjoy!
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Apr 24
On the art of noticing what's there!
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Apr 17
📬 Noticing #40: Slipperiness of Convenience

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The Slipperiness of Convenience
Knowing what we are doing – while actually doing it – is the basis of awareness, intention and agency. And sometimes that requires adding some annoying speed bumps along the way.
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Feb 17
Just some tiny little plants... but when we look a little closer these green creatures can blow us away with their resilience and poetry! 👀

This wall was noticed and photographed by @urban_minimals_oslo over on Instagram. Check out their profile for more flashes of unexpected beauty! 🙌
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Jan 22
📬 Noticing #39: Being an Earthling

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Being an Earthling
It's funny how sometimes the more you understand, the more awe you feel. Nobel-winning physicist Richard Feynman once talked to an artist friend who lamented how science makes things dull. Read his ic...
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Jan 21
As we say here, looking is love. After enjoying this apple, these leftovers were noticed by Erin Bradly from New Zealand – a self-confessed lover of crisp apples. 🍎 For the good looker, even a throwaway moment like this one can feel alive!

Slow down and stay curious out there, people! 👀
Leftover bits of apple looking like a smiley face!
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Dec 29
Where does the human end and "nature" start?

Diptych created by the Swedish photographer Joakim Moller www.joakimmoller.com
Photo of branches and a hand looking like each other in black and white.
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Dec 12
We often look for focus and clarity in photography and in life. So much so that our technology does it automatically for us. Here, Susan Bourgerie https://buff.ly/4iztOjm uses intentional camera movement to do the very opposite, creating a beautiful blur, and leaving something to the imagination. 👀
blurry yellow leaves - intentionally blurred, almost like a painting
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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Dec 9
👋 Join our community of noticing to get our monthly newsletter - we explore a different theme each time.👀

It's free, ad-free, and AI-free! We're just here to spread more slowness and curiosity in the world! 🐌

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Just Looking – the Art of Noticing @wearejustlooking.org · Dec 6
Brilliant!