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creative seeing - by Spencer Chang - spencer's paradoxes

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At a dinner party the other week, I was telling someone the story of how I made jam for S. The mere fact that I made jam was incomprehensible to this person, and I was explaining how it really wasn’t such a big deal. See, there’s this open-air terrace on the 3rd floor of my Oakland spot. I often go down there to walk a few cycles for some fresh air. Last fall, I noticed some tantalizing yellow and red berries growing on the trees by the entrance. I have a bad habit of sampling things in nature that look edible out of curiosity, but I resisted this time out of abundant caution and instead, admired how beautiful the trees stood against the blue sky, with their red and yellow children swinging in wind. Every time I went down for my walk, I continued to notice them and greet them. A month later, I looked them up using NatureID, an app to help you identify plants (thank you K), and I found out that they were strawberry trees! A quick Google search assured me that they were edible, so I took

At a dinner party the other week, I was telling someone the story of how I made jam for S. The mere fact that I made jam was incomprehensible to this person, and I was explaining how it really wasn’t such a big deal. See, there’s this open-air terrace on the 3rd floor of my Oakland spot. I often go down there to walk a few cycles for some fresh air. Last fall, I noticed some tantalizing yellow and red berries growing on the trees by the entrance. tree just starting to bloom in late September. I have a bad habit of sampling things in nature that look edible out of curiosity, but I resisted…

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