I
FOUND
THIS
TODAY
50
EXTOL • DECEMBER 2017/JANUARY 2018
IN NEED OF SOMETHING
TO COUNTER THE
INCREASING POLITICAL
DISCORD ON FACEBOOK,
JIM NICHOLS HAS
FOUND A GEM THAT IS
RESONATING WITH OTHERS.
Story & Photos
by Jim Nichols
In late 2011, Facebook was full of politics and
I wanted to try to balance it out.
The result? A Year with My Left Hand – a daily
post showing my hand in a variety of environments
and configurations.
Fast forward to 2015 and the political discord
was stronger than ever. I don’t think it subsided
after the 2012 election. If anything, it got worse.
My left hand posts were limited by the calendar.
I needed an open-ended approach to share some
stupidity on Facebook to counter the political
posts. On Jan. 1, 2016, I launched I found this
today, a collection of items discovered on the
frequent walks I share with my wife.
A sweater in the park, a child’s bicycle in an
industrial park, a potato at a busy intersection.
It amazed me what could be discovered when
you’re paying attention. Weird stuff. Random
stuff. My kind of thing.
That same January, we went out west. “No
need to limit my finds to Kentuckiana,” I thought,
“might as well share what I see out here.” The
result? A toy from a fast-food meal, beers left
behind at Joshua Tree National Park, a shawl on
a Las Vegas sidewalk. Guess what happens there
doesn’t always stay there.
At the time of writing, I’ve made 127 posts to