I love window seats. Whenever I’m lucky enough to snatch a window, I spend the whole flight looking outside. I am always amazed by the idea of being in the sky and being able to capture such a diverse range of places. As cliché as it might sound, looking out at the world reminds me of how small everything is. Both physically and abstractly as well. You can fly over a mountain range and then find yourself amongst pink salt ponds. You can imagine the millions of people or the complete lack of people that might live in these places. You can imagine that you might never see these places ever again.

I don’t take as many airplane pictures as I’d like to - mostly because I try not to be super disruptive out of respect for my fellow travelers. But as I was thinking about writing this post, I thought of an interesting project that would involve flying around the world only during daylight hours and only over interesting places. I would spend the entirety of each flight taking pictures of the journey. Imagine capturing an entire flight path around the world. Magic.

Most people don’t pay much attention to their surroundings. I am guilty of looking at my phone more than I think is healthy, but every once in a while, I realize what I’m doing and I panic. I want to pay attention and I want to take advantage of all of the perspectives I am given each day.

These images are incredible to me because I have no idea where any of them are, and I don’t even want to know. The magic is in the mystery.

I like the idea of making up stories about each of these places, like in Invisible Cities - perhaps each one of these places says something about humanity. As a collective, I see a lot happening. Mostly, an environmental crisis. But also, the beauty in a created world.

It’s good to get your head up out of your phone and look out the window. You can learn a lot about yourself if you just let your imagination roam around.