There is a thing that I love so much to do... to pick up some photos (mostly "old" ones...) and try to capture the essence of the shapes and form in monochromatic editing! By the way, the final result came out really cool, even that, in this particular case, the original ones the composition and color balance was astonishing!
I do that too :) I look and look at some shots and it just doesn't work and I forget about them. Then when I play and switch to BW they are actually not so bad :)
Exactly the same process on this side... And some times, I change the filter in the photographic app of my mobile phone to black and white, and the "composition" that seconds before seemed a little bit insipide becomes so great!