Living in Orange County I don't get to see rain as much as I would like. Most of the time the weather here can be described as extremely mild, maybe overcast here or there but this area isn't really well known for it's weather. When rain does come, however, I'm out there, into the weather to experience the rain. When you have nowhere to go and no reason to fret being wet you can enjoy and embrace the rain.
Exercise #1: When it's really coming down outside I like to just sit in a car and look outside. With water everywhere, on the street, coming down from the sky, pouring off roofs, cascading down the windshield, I like to imagine I am in a submarine. In the car everything is dry but if you look outside everything is wet, and if it's really coming down, everything is drenched. Give this a try next time you're in a storm.
Exercise #2: City lights are always intriguing to me, I am drawn and attracted to them, standing back and admiring them as though they were an art installation. It is easy for me to appreciate the abstractness that can be found in city lights. When it rains it is even easier. The rain water creates a glossy surface on everything: the streets, building walls, tree leaves, car hoods, jacket sleeves. When it rains, try going for a walk in an especially well lit area at night. Pay special attention not to the city lights themselves, but to the reflections that are now so visible on the glossy reflective surfaces created by the rain. Streetlights, headlights, neon signs all blend eerily into almost an impressionist masterpiece of color.
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