5 minutes, take 1

I've come to see the fruition of my first pet project: 5 minutes, take 1.

Pet projects are a combination of hedonism and non-profit, ranking high among activities that matter most to me.

Ideally, pet projects will return some beauty and poetry to the world that blessed me with them in the first place.

The series 5 minutes is about brief moments in our lives. 5 minutes when I truly look around. 5 minutes when our roads cross. 5 minutes when I reach out. 5 minutes when I empathise. 5 minutes when you see through my eyes, through my heart. Take 1 is about common people.

Download 5 minutes, take 1 (PDF, 1.66 MB) and let me know what you feel and think when you see it. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open it.

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Guess what

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Take five

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Spring on my desk

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Mary

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Pub light

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Growing on my desk

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Calling me

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Dieing on my desk

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Fragile white freesias on my Valentine's desk

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Deep blue something

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Waiting for the express bus at the airport

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Sunset kills the bad outdoor advertising

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Apartment jungle

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Two trees that seem Japanese

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Can I live here, please?

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Lovely in the sun

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Even these sinister buildings look OK on a sunny day

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Playing on the back of a car

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The new office building next to the Armenian church (Bucharest)

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Pink moon rising over Bucharest last week

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A tramway can be beautiful

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Stripes rule

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I shot the flowers, but I didn't shoot the messenger

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Shadow play

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Instead of wallpaper

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Lunch hour in my studio, another day

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Lunch hour in mz studio

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Meet curious Didi (how else?), Maria's kitty.