being amazed by banal things
Every now and then, I have these moments where, for some reason, I suddenly start to marvel at really banal things. I don't know what causes it, but it feels like my threshold for what counts as "normal" or "unremarkable" gets lowered for a few minutes and even everyday things start to feel truly wondrous.
For example, I could be sitting on the train, overhearing some random conversation people in the same car as me are having, and think "wow. language is amazing. isn't it crazy how we can use our mouths and vocal cords to make these arbitrary sounds and string them together to communicate with others about the weather, our tastes in music, or quantum physics? those people are speaking Japanese right now, which would be total gibberish for someone from France or Mexico. but these two can understand each other! incredible"
Is there a word, a concise term, for this kind of experience? Maybe I just can't think of one right now. Of course, I can only speak for myself, but this doesn't seem like it'd be a very uncommon experience. It feels like one of those things that would have a dictionary entry as a word with one very specific meaning, like petrichor or waldeinsamkeit. Of course, since all words are made up, I could always coin my own term. Maybe miragaris, from Latin miraculum (wonder) + vulgaris (common).