I already wrote a post named „I am the Warsaw” despite having a feeling that I am Warsaw, paradoxically, I aim to behave like a stranger in my own city.
Why am I doing it? Why do I try to behave as a guest in Warsaw? When I imagine myself as a tourist in the capital of Poland, the perception of reality changes in my mind dramatically. It is a moment when I suddenly start to observe, analyze the surroundings as I would be here for the first time. Moreover, I often feel not like a stranger in my own city but like an alien who had just landed on the planet Earth. Undoubtedly, taking photos only feed my curiosity about mundane places.
When I see a path that probably only walkers with their dogs are going, it is a path that can evoke a feeling of wonder in my soul. While strolling through Warsaw’s streets, I always try to empty my mind, free my soul and heart so that I can easily enjoy the present time, the fact that I am here and now. It is a moment when I realize that I do not want to be anywhere else in this world. We tend to dream about many exotic adventures, about traveling in time.
Moreover, we want to get to know new cultures, worlds, planets, galaxies, and other dimensions. I am not an exception. I often dream about all these things.
Nevertheless, when I start to do that, I remind myself that, undoubtedly, sooner or later, someone would begin to imagine moving in time or space to Warsaw of the XXI century. My pictures can inspire posterity to do this. It is a moment when I start to behave as a stranger in my own city so that the level of my curiosity of urban surroundings can shoot up once again in my life.
