basketballseye view, originally uploaded by bobsee.
Now look at this photo. To take this photo I crouched down next to the kerb. How different the street looks when you change your perspective! In the first photo you might not even have spotted the ball, but now, it becomes the main subject, as if it says “This is my street. See how it looks from where I live” (OK, probably letting my imagination run away a bit with me there, but, hey, that’s what heroes do, they find ways to stimulate and develop their imaginations)

This photo makes me feel like a little kid. I can remember seeing the world from that perspective — sitting at or even lying down on the curb, watching grown-up feet go by ….