When I was reaching inside the paper bag to find the unknown kitchen object brought by one of my classmates, my curiosity was building up. The moment I took a good grip of the object, I knew what it was. It was a simple bag clip. At first, I was slightly disappointed since I have expected to find something unusual and exciting. However, as I was examining the object, I realized that the complexity of the object did not truly matter. What really mattered were my observation skills and ability to find something interesting even in a seemingly dull object.
Being unable to take the bag clip out of the bag, I started to carefully inspect it using my tactile perception. I was touching, rubbing, scrubbing, and caressing the object. My first observations were about the shape and the size of the bag clip. The clip consisted of two T-shaped pieces with elongated tops with rounded edges and a hinge connecting the T-shaped pieces about halfway through the stems of the T’s; as I moved my fingers to feel the sides of the clip, I realized that because the hinge crossed the two stems of the clip from the side the clip was resembling letter “A”.
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For instance, I spotted several scratches and dents on the surface of the clip. Also, in several places on the inner part of the bag clip were barely noticeable small engraved circles the meaning of which still remains a mystery for me. By looking very close at the object I was able to notice an incredibly small inscription “China” and small letter “B” on the opposite sides of the inner part of the clip. Surprisingly, I learned that I were not as attentive as I thought I were: Only when I was able to look at the clip, I noticed that the inner part of the object is hollow. I could have easily discover it when I was inspecting it by touch, but apparently I were distracted or too confident to notice such obvious