Showing posts with label HONY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HONY. Show all posts

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Where Inspiration can be Found - An Artist / HONY (Fri 10 Oct 2014)

Street Portraits (*) Prints - Alexandria (Sep 2013)

Where Inspiration (*) can be found:
I’m not sure. I’m an artist, and I thought it would be good to create a situation where I feel out of place and slightly fearful. I feel like you can only draw inspiration from circumstances. Inspiration isn’t really something that you can sit around and extract from your psyche.
via This spot in the park reminds me a bit of Massachusetts, so I... (*) by HONY (*).

Occasionally I have some prints made from the photos I have taken. It takes effort to get out there and to make photos. When I see them laid out like this, it surprises me that I have taken them and to see an apparent theme that seems to pervade them (which I had forgotten about). They are part of my archive (something I have never really thought about) and my life now. They make me understand (*) the influences (*) that have helped create them - a couple here (*) and here (*). Inspiration also comes from these influences, but more importantly the photos now provide the inspiration to get out out there and to see what else is waiting to be found (*). It's kind of self fulfilling in a way.

Friday, January 31, 2014

On Talent and Drive - HONY (Wed 29 Jan 2014)

Untitled - Hong Kong Harbour / Photo Vivienne Bustos (Jul 2012)

Some words of wisdom from an actor On Talent (*) and Drive (*):
you reach a point where talent (*) isn’t enough to compete. Because as you progress (*), you’re eventually going to run up against people who are both talented and driven (*).
via I’m an actor.""How has being an actor differed from your... (*) by Humans of New York (*).

Have had a break and the drive is back, though I'm not sure the talent was ever really there. Great photo Vivienne.

Monday, December 16, 2013

On Forgiveness - Anonymous / HONY (Sun 15 Dec 2013)

Follow the Light .. - Lisbon (Wed 14 Aug 2013)

Anonymous (*) writes On Forgiveness (*):
Forgiveness (*) keeps relationships (*) moving. Without forgiveness (*), everything comes to an end.
via (*) by HONY (*).