Reality, it's so close to us it can blind us. When we see the same thing over and over we grow a feeling that it's "normal"and that one object is supposed to be there. I saw a lost San Juan with lots of useful spaces abandoned, prosperity right next to poverty. Ciudadela is an expensive condominium in Santurce and it's right next to some very very poor places, it actually creates a bubble for people to live in.
This is what the "every day" does to us, it numbs us to the point we believe that what's there is normal. For me it's kind of hard to see this space because of the fact that i've lived here all my life and it's all pretty normal to me. But the feeling of being an outsider in one's own home and discover things. The key in not to lose the "tourist" set of mind and remember that nothing is supposed to be.
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