Day 1: Chinese Lantern

What exactly is "Picture of the day"?
Inspired by Russell Davies' blog entry on how to be more interesting and Photojojo's Project 365, I'm going to be taking a picture a day, and posting it here.

What do I hope to accomplish?
Truthfully, I'm not sure. A scrapbook of fleeting moments and objects in my life, I suppose. For now, the picture-taking will be more unfocused, to try to get in the swing of things, but I do believe that it will become more focused as time goes on. I can see a couple of different focuses developing: an exercise in only being able to take one picture a day, and learning to make it count; or an exercise in seeking out or creating the picture that best sums up that day, whether emotionally or physically.

Without further ado, I give you Day 1 of "Picture of the day".

Chinese Lantern

It was a grey, dreary day, not even raining hard enough to be interesting. Everything in Harvard Square was bland and monochromatic, except for the red "Tomato Light" lanterns bobbing and swaying from the lamp posts. They were hung up for Chinese New Year over a month ago, and they're showing the wear and tear. Still, on a day like today, it's the only thing of beauty around.