Hello, I'm Olumide.

This is a place for the things I'm learning to notice: words that stay with me, pictures I take, and the occasional thing I make.

There's no rush here. I'm glad you found your way in.

— O.

Lately

Making more room for small things.

Taking my camera on ordinary walks.

Keeping a little more time between a thought and an answer.

Letting curiosity be enough of a reason to begin.

From the camera

Small records of being here.

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01
BT Tower, London
02
Building Contrast
03
Golden Eagle
04
Morning Fog
05
Wellbeck Hotel
06
Wimpole Street, Top View
07
Bond Street Hotel

A backyard study

Green after rain.

A small exercise in noticing — damp leaves, low cloud, and the way an ordinary view can hold a feeling for a moment.

On the shelf

Books I've carried with me recently.

Reading now The Language of God — Francis Collins

  1. 01Boys Don't CryTim Grayburn
  2. 02Men Without WomenHaruki Murakami
  3. 03Beyond Good and EvilFriedrich Nietzsche
  4. 04Will You Help Me?Maggie Hartley
  5. 05Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenRansom Riggs
  6. 06A Little LifeHanya Yanagihara

Words, too

Some thoughts need a little more room.

Notes on work, life, questions, and whatever else is asking to be written down.

Visit the journal

I also make things for work.

A look at that side of things