The other day I was walking and I thought to myself... parks are very unappreciated these days. People walk through them, children play in them and nobody really thinks about it.
We don't think about everything that may have happened there. Whether it was good or bad. Hundreds of memories in front of our eyes and it seems to go unnoticed. Unphased. So when I walked through the park the other day I decided to take a closer look and something really stood out to me.
The benches.
You may think "What do you mean the benches? They're just benches!" and I'd tell you that you're wrong. They're much more than that. They are sentimental.
These benches made me realise all kinds of possibilities. Maybe somebody proposed on this bench, maybe somebody had their first kiss on this bench, somebody could have had their heart broken on this bench and all this emotion and pain on just a one simple, plain bench. This bench will forever be in their memories.
But it's not plain. There's something on this bench. In fact, there's something on a lot of these benches! A message. A tiny little plaque that shows that this bench and this park means something. Or meant something, at least to someone. This is when I decided to do my mini project. To open some eyes. It may not be many but I hope these people will now see the World from a different perspective. They'll think more of what is around them. In memory of every single one of these people.
I hope in a way this will make you want to look more in depth into what you do and maybe have more respect for things you never really thought to care about in the first place. Although it's just a bench to you, for someone else it is something completely meaningful.
Thank you for reading and kindest regards.