creativity
Being Creatively Lost is Awesome
Every six months or so I feel a little lost creatively. It leads to a lot of good things, but in the moment it feels disconcerting. This is something readers write to me about all the time. They want to know what can be done to get them back to
The Stakes Couldn't Be Lower
Don't let your creative projects make you anxious. Remember, unless you're a professional, this is all about your well-being: learning and practicing something that makes you a better person. It's supposed to be an all-upside proposition. If, like me, you find yourself in creative
Bring Back The Hobby
Stephenie Buck writes in Our Parents Discovered Leisure. We Killed It [https://timeline.com/hobby-career-b5d199b0df18#.3jl4jfnmu]: > "For many of us, the hobby is dead. Our work lives have merged with our free time, and hobbies are now often indistinguishable from second jobs. In a culture obsessed with productivity,
Erase the List
Anthony Casalena talks here about how erasing his to do list made room for bigger, better ideas to seep into his brain. His better ideas became the platform this website is currently hosted on and earned tens of millions of dollars:
Thinking Slower
"People say, But with a computer you could go so much faster. Well, I don’t want to go faster. If anything, I should go slower. I don’t think all that fast." - David McCullough [http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/894/the-art-of-biography-no-2-david-mccullough] on why he used a
Get the Suck Out of the Way
I took a new kind of camera out for a spin this weekend. I knew I would suck. I knew I would delete the images and sink into self-doubt about the projects I'm working on. I knew I would revert to all the old fears and limiting beliefs
Have You Scheduled Your Solitude?
Nothing furthers my mental and emotional health more than solitude. Nothing furthers my creativity more than solitude. Nothing defies society and the hive mind more than solitude. It's the only way I can blog daily. It's the only way I can write a book. It'
What Are You Paying For?
Technical constraints lead to creative results. So, should you pay for constraints? Should you pay a lot for constraints? Leica owners insist that you can and you should. I don't agree. Buying things can eliminate certain problems, but it doesn't necessarily provide solutions. This is the
"My Most Important Camera Feature is How It Makes Me Feel"
This article [http://petapixel.com/2016/05/09/important-camera-feature-makes-feel/] got all kinds of attention a few weeks ago: > "Could the most important thing about a camera really have nothing to do with its performance or output? Could how the camera makes you feel really be more important than
The Least Photographer
If you’ve been a photographer long enough, there comes a time when realize how little you really know. Or, at least, there should be. I’ll be the first to speak up. I am not just a lesser photographer. I am the least photographer. I don’t know what