The Shower Curtain Theory
I love those moments when I discover how something that I have relegated to the periphery of my life can make such a difference once acknowledged.
Example: shower curtain.
Who knew that by changing a shower curtain, you can completely alter the atmosphere of a bathroom? I removed the cute, flowery curtain in our upstairs bathroom (been there for 7 years) and replaced it with a deep scarlet one. It's gorgeous. The bathroom now has a grown-up, sophisticated feel (break out some candles and the bubble bath).
It's amazing, the difference that that new curtain has made.
This has happened before. It happened when I started listening to Great Standards like Sinatra and Holliday and realized what I had been missing by setting the radio dial to only the alternative rock station. It happened when I cut my long hair to about an inch all over and dyed it red. It happened when I ate hot Inchun soup, and it became one of my favorite foods. It happened when I realized that I didn't have to wear baggy sweatshirts all of the time; I could put on a form-fitting tee-shirt or a camisole and feel good. Feel pretty.
It makes me think of all of the other things that I take for granted: the unused spices in my cupboard, the unread books on my shelf (To Kill A Mockingbird sat, unread, on my nightstand for two years before my mother convinced me to read it--what lost time!), the dark dive downtown that probably serves the best home cooked food if only I would push through the door and give it a chance.
The Shower Curtain Theory makes me imagine the possibility in everything, to refuse to underestimate potential. It makes me want to put my hand to new things, like rearrange some furniture, or read a genre that I would normally avoid.
Change can be good, thanks to The Shower Curtain.
Example: shower curtain.
Who knew that by changing a shower curtain, you can completely alter the atmosphere of a bathroom? I removed the cute, flowery curtain in our upstairs bathroom (been there for 7 years) and replaced it with a deep scarlet one. It's gorgeous. The bathroom now has a grown-up, sophisticated feel (break out some candles and the bubble bath).
It's amazing, the difference that that new curtain has made.
This has happened before. It happened when I started listening to Great Standards like Sinatra and Holliday and realized what I had been missing by setting the radio dial to only the alternative rock station. It happened when I cut my long hair to about an inch all over and dyed it red. It happened when I ate hot Inchun soup, and it became one of my favorite foods. It happened when I realized that I didn't have to wear baggy sweatshirts all of the time; I could put on a form-fitting tee-shirt or a camisole and feel good. Feel pretty.
It makes me think of all of the other things that I take for granted: the unused spices in my cupboard, the unread books on my shelf (To Kill A Mockingbird sat, unread, on my nightstand for two years before my mother convinced me to read it--what lost time!), the dark dive downtown that probably serves the best home cooked food if only I would push through the door and give it a chance.
The Shower Curtain Theory makes me imagine the possibility in everything, to refuse to underestimate potential. It makes me want to put my hand to new things, like rearrange some furniture, or read a genre that I would normally avoid.
Change can be good, thanks to The Shower Curtain.
posted by Cate at 8:45 AM
3 Comments:
I love this! I am the same. I don't think changing a thing is a big deal until it happens and then it seems to change everything. It's like change gives birth to change and ideas create more ideas. I also recently discovered Sinatra and cannot seem to get enough of him. "Fly Me to the Moon" is stuck in my head 24/7 but it's great to run to.
Michelle,
You described it perfectly! I hate change, but at the same time I sort of love it (hate it, hate it, yet find it strangely attractive)! I also love "Fly Me to the Moon." It's such a catchy song, and I can imagine how it would be fun to run to!
Try listening to it on one of your walks if you can and then walking without it. I bet you notice different things with and without the music. It's amazing how music can color your world.
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