Three beautiful leaves
40 min Calm
An autumn walk with one small mission: come home with three leaves you chose on purpose. Slows the walk down, opens the eyes.
Een herfstwandeling met een missie verandert hoe je kijkt. Wie gewoon loopt, ziet een tapijt van bladeren. Wie er drie moet kiezen, ziet ineens elk blad afzonderlijk: de manier waarop geel in oranje overgaat bij de nerf, de rand die half is opgegeten door iets wat er allang niet meer is. De meeste mensen merken pas na een minuut of vijf dat ze zijn gaan hurken, een blad hebben omgedraaid, het hebben teruggelegd en verder zijn gelopen naar een beter exemplaar.
Thuis worden de drie bladeren naast elkaar gelegd op tafel. Samen vertellen ze iets wat moeilijk te omschrijven is: een kleur, een seizoen, een keuze. Het beschadigde blad is vaak het meest interessante van de drie. Wie een week later de tafel afruimt, aarzelt even voordat het weggaat.
Walk for ten minutes without picking anything up. Just look at colours and shapes.
Suggestion: Notice how many kinds of yellow there are.Pick a first leaf for its colour, a second for its shape, a third for its damage. Holes and bite marks count.
Suggestion: The imperfect one is usually the best one.Lay them next to each other on a bench or the ground and take one photo.
Suggestion: Flat light works better than sun for this.At home: press them in a book, or put them on the table for a week.
Suggestion: Write the date and the place on a slip of paper next to them.Related playbooks
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by PlayTryBe team