https://community.aarp.org/t5/Leisure-Lifestyle/THE-DEMON-OF-UNAWARENESS/m-p/2635942#M18139 <P>Nicely said. &nbsp;</P> Tue, 28 Oct 2025 02:41:25 GMT SereneSeagull 2025-10-28T02:41:25Z https://community.aarp.org/t5/Leisure-Lifestyle/THE-DEMON-OF-UNAWARENESS/m-p/2629437#M17987 <P><STRONG>The Demon of Unawareness</STRONG></P><P>While I was waiting to have my bi-weekly blood drawn at the diagnostic lab, I saw for the first time two framed photographic copies of Oahu mountain ridges on the wall to my left.&nbsp; One of these renditions was realistic; the other one was surrealistic. Regardless of how I related to them, what struck me the most was that I had never noticed the landscapes until today. What a revelation! Most of the time, I pride myself on how much I enjoy art in all of its incarnations, whether it be displayed in a museum or a flea market.</P><P>From now on, I will prod myself to be more observant of my environment. Who knows what &nbsp;ah-ah moments that I might appreciate, if not revel in. Despite the horror of it all, I envy Linda Blair’s uncanny ability to simultaneously have grisly 360 degree perspectives at the end of <EM>The Exorcist.</EM> Or, to be less graphic, you can’t be a fly on the wall unless you can see the wall.</P> Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:52:14 GMT https://community.aarp.org/t5/Leisure-Lifestyle/THE-DEMON-OF-UNAWARENESS/m-p/2629437#M17987 schlomo 2025-09-27T00:52:14Z https://community.aarp.org/t5/Leisure-Lifestyle/THE-DEMON-OF-UNAWARENESS/m-p/2635880#M18138 <P>Maybe awareness isn’t about seeing everything, but about realizing how much there is to see.</P> Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:19:27 GMT https://community.aarp.org/t5/Leisure-Lifestyle/THE-DEMON-OF-UNAWARENESS/m-p/2635880#M18138 JosephF537612 2025-10-27T22:19:27Z https://community.aarp.org/t5/Leisure-Lifestyle/THE-DEMON-OF-UNAWARENESS/m-p/2635942#M18139 <P>Nicely said. &nbsp;</P> Tue, 28 Oct 2025 02:41:25 GMT https://community.aarp.org/t5/Leisure-Lifestyle/THE-DEMON-OF-UNAWARENESS/m-p/2635942#M18139 SereneSeagull 2025-10-28T02:41:25Z https://community.aarp.org/t5/Leisure-Lifestyle/THE-DEMON-OF-UNAWARENESS/m-p/2635951#M18140 <P>So true!</P> Tue, 28 Oct 2025 02:55:41 GMT https://community.aarp.org/t5/Leisure-Lifestyle/THE-DEMON-OF-UNAWARENESS/m-p/2635951#M18140 SereneSeagull 2025-10-28T02:55:41Z