Find a camera—it could be your phone, but it’s best if it isn’t something you use everyday. Set aside a two-hour block of time in your day. Mark a location on the map that will allow you to walk in a steady direction for an hour, and retrace your steps in the reverse direction.

Take at least one hundred pictures as you walk in the first direction, and another one hundred as you walk back in the reverse direction. Jot down notes as you go—maybe you do this when something particularly notable comes into your midst.

Once home, warm, and fed, sift through the 200+ image collection. Ask yourself, “What is a simple picture?” and remind yourself that you aren’t making a grand work of art. You are here to surface a minor moment in time. This is merely a beginning.

A photographic triptych, containing three separate images or a single image cropped into three sections, titled and dated.