Yellow inspiration at my feet

Follow the lines
London, ON
August 2018
This photo originally shared on Instagram

It was an admittedly lousy day for a picture, with steel-grey skies spitting out an off-and-on drizzle. The location didn't help, either: A nearly empty parking lot in London's old east-end industrial zone, a place inspiration left behind decades ago as factories closed and lives drifted elsewhere.

The neighborhood is undergoing the fitful beginnings of a resurgence, and just across the street I can see the first hopeful example of investment in a long-dormant hulk, the first return of life to an area that for so long seemed almost completely lifeless.

But it isn't quite there yet, and it'll take years of vision, investment, and patience to get there - whatever "there" is. Which means we're nowhere near the point of photographic inspiration yet.

Still, the newly painted lines at my feet keep me pulling me back as I got into my car to head home. A slash of yellow amid a sea of dusty, forgotten grey. I smiled at the thought of bright color in places that otherwise absorbed it, of hopeful moments in places that had seemingly long ago given up hope.

You see a lot of things when you stare down at the ground below. You learn a lot, too, about finding inspiration in unexpected places. The world needs more color, and we all have a role to play in finding and sharing it.

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