Influences - Bryan Ferry (Tue 05 Jan 2021)

Reflection - Diggers Beach / Coffs Harbour (Fri 25 Dec 2020)

Bryan Ferry reflecting on his career as a musician:

you are a reflection of your influences.

via 104.1 WSFM interview with Phil O'Neil.

On Vivian Maier - Joel Meyerowitz (2013)

self portrait - ATP / Redfern (Mon 11 Jun 2018)

Joel Meyerowitz on Vivian Maier:

To go up and photograph a stranger on the street you have to hold your ground and be fearless and take what you want because it is yours.

via Vivian Maier BBC Imagine (2013) by Joel Meyerowitz.

Will see an exhibition of Vivian Maier photos in Vienna in mid-July.

Perception - Colin Pantall (Tue 10 May 2016)

trees / water / reflection - Wilpena (Tue 12 Apr 2016)

Colin Pantall on Perception:

To open the doors of perception we need to go beyond this world. Which is not easy because it is familiar to us and provides a foundation for us. But if you really want to step beyond this world, all you have to do is step – and you are out.

via Photography Always Shows What We Already Think We Know by Colin Pantall.

On Photography - Reflection - David Travis / Raghubir Singh (Mar 1999)

Reflection - Chippendale (Thu 03 Sep 2015)

David Travis on and Photography and Reflection:

for many, the end of mid-career is a time that permits past experience to be substituted for spontaneous invention, as inner reflections create new meanings about that which is already known.

via Raghubir Singh: River of Colour by Raghubir Singh.

On Reflection - Joel Meyerowitz (Fri 16 Oct 2015)

Reflection - Mitchell Road / Alexandria (Thu 03 Sep 2015)

Joel Meyerowitz on Reflection:

Reflection; the act of, not the image of, is a way of reconsidering where we are in relation to reality. Reflecting pools have for a long time been places where one could contemplate the difference between the illusion and the real.

via On Reflection by Joel Meyerowitz.

On the Intangible - Alec Soth / Mick Brown (Sat 26 Sep 2015)

Untitled - I stood up from my desk and could not stop myself from taking a photo - Ultimo (Tue 22 Sep 2015)

Alec Soth on Intangible:

so much of what draws you in is intangible; it can’t be explained. It just resonates, in some way.

via Photographer Alec Soth: 'To me the most beautiful thing is vulnerability' by Mick Brown.

On Reflection - Saul Leiter (Wed 19 Aug 2009) / Adam Harrison Levy (Wed 27 Nov 2013)

Reflection - Uluru (*) / Central Australia (Fri 04 May 2001)
Saul Leiter (*) tries to Reflects (*) on a Life (*) well Lived (*):

I don’t understand how I did what I did.

via Saul Leiter: Remembered (*) by Adam Harrison Levy (*).

On Photos and Process - Jörg Colberg (Tue 19 Aug 2014)

Water (*) (more (*)) and Trees (*) (more (*)) - Copenhagen (Fri 23 Aug 2013)
Jörg Colberg (*) writes on Photos (*) and Process (*):

At the end of the day, it should be about the pictures. [..]

So I look at the pictures first – are they any good? – and then at the process.

via On Process (Further Down the Rabbit Hole) (*) by Jörg Colberg (*).

Car Reflection - Casp / Barcelona (Tue 06 Aug 2013)

Car Reflection - Casp / Barcelona (Tue 06 Aug 2013)
I like the leaf.

Believe - Trust Your Instincts - York St / Sydney (Thu 03 Jan 2013)

Believe - Trust Your Instincts - York St / Sydney (Thu 03 Jan 2013)

Street Art Reflection - Newtown (Sat 25 Aug 2012)

Street Art Reflection - Newtown (Sat 25 Aug 2012)

Black - Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)

Black - Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)

Mathematical Reflection - Downtown / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)

Mathematical Reflection - Downtown / Montreal (Thu 25 Aug 2011)

Any Given Sunday - Inch By Inch Speech by Al Pacino

Al Pacino's Inch By Inch speech from Any Given Sunday
The background music is "Peace", by Paul Kelly, on Soundings in Film

One of my team mates from Prague 2009 had this on his Notebook. Before we got off the Bus at the race site for the 200m races, he played this to the Team. I enjoyed it and it seemed to do the trick. Somehow we squirmed into 3rd place in the final for a completely unexpected Bronze. Thanks Rick. Just a memory from Prague 2009.

Rick Lambe and Gary Quartermain - Senior Open 200m Final Presentation - Racice/Prague - Fri 29 Aug 2009
Inch By Inch Speech by Al Pacino

I don't know what to say really.
Three minutes
to the biggest battle of our professional lives
all comes down to today.
Either
we heal
as a team
or we are going to crumble.
Inch by inch
play by play
till we're finished.
We are in hell right now, gentlemen
believe me
and
we can stay here
and get the sh*t kicked out of us
or
we can fight our way
back into the light.
We can climb out of hell.
One inch, at a time.

Now I can't do it for you.
I'm too old.
I look around and I see these young faces
and I think
I mean
I made every wrong choice a middle age man could make.
I uh....
I pissed away all my money
believe it or not.
I chased off
anyone who has ever loved me.
And lately,
I can't even stand the face I see in the mirror.

You know when you get old in life
things get taken from you.
That's, that's part of life.
But,
you only learn that when you start losing stuff.
You find out that life is just a game of inches.
So is football.
Because in either game
life or football
the margin for error is so small.
I mean
one half step too late or to early
you don't quite make it.
One half second too slow or too fast
and you don't quite catch it.
The inches we need are everywhere around us.
They are in ever break of the game
every minute, every second.

On this team, we fight for that inch
On this team, we tear ourselves, and everyone around us
to pieces for that inch.
We CLAW with our finger nails for that inch.
Cause we know
when we add up all those inches
that's going to make the f*ing difference
between WINNING and LOSING
between LIVING and DYING.

I'll tell you this
in any fight
it is the guy who is willing to die
who is going to win that inch.
And I know
if I am going to have any life anymore
it is because, I am still willing to fight, and die for that inch
because that is what LIVING is.
The six inches in front of your face.

Now I can't make you do it.
You gotta look at the guy next to you.
Look into his eyes.
Now I think you are going to see a guy who will go that inch with you.
You are going to see a guy
who will sacrifice himself for this team
because he knows when it comes down to it,
you are gonna do the same thing for him.

That's a team, gentlemen
and either we heal now, as a team,
or we will die as individuals.
That's football guys.
That's all it is.
Now, whattaya gonna do?

Macau 2010: Intention and Reflection

Intention & Reflection by Drew Ginn (7 May 2007)

What does it mean to have conscious intent?

To be fully engaged and intentionally focused is a critical ingredient for improving performance.

Maintaining a clear focus when everything becomes hazy with fatigue and stress is certainly some thing I practice.

It is something that I work on while engaged in any activity, in fact that is the greatest part you can practice it any time.

Being clear about what, how and why creates a purposeful performance and intention is that capacity to transfer thought in to action.

It is easy to switch off and go through the motions, but to stay present and aware is a challenge, at least initially.

That's why I love training by myself sometimes, it enables me to practice finding that clarity and to apply thought or mental image to action.

Reflection is important to ensure that what you intent is realised and it is upon reflection that insights are gained about how to improve each session, each stroke, each race and each season.

Clear intention is like a laser. It penetrates through the power of unity. A diffused athlete is more likely to under perform than an athlete who is clear, driven and focused.

Another blog post that I keep coming back to read.

Now that we are back from Macau, it is a good time to reflect on what was achieved and how it was done ..

CCWC Mixed 500m Final (Video Screen) - Pacific Dragons/Lane 2 - Macau/China- Sat 31 Jul 2010
Premier Mixed 500m Final - Macau/China - Sat 31 Jul 2010
CCWC Mixed 500m Final - Pacific Dragons - Macau/China- Sat 31 Jul 2010
Premier Mixed 500m Medal Presentation - Pacific Dragons/World Champions - Sun 01 Aug 2010
Pacific Dragons Premier Mixed 500m Team - Back (l-r) Geoff Eldridge, Norman Joe, Rachel Mosen, Kerry Davenport, Darren Ma, Todd Skeels, Craig Stewart, Justin Spake, Michal Hrcka, Suzy Kong, Annett Happich, Mark Hall, Lisa Green, Stuart Young, Toby Wilson, Graeme Bacon Front (l-r) Michelle Ng, Helen Papin, Christian Happich, Matt Spies, Michelle Hone, Nicola Frowen, Di Morgan, Paul Smith, Christophe Pistoni, Julia Ryall, Kathaleen Burrows - Macau/China - Sun 01 Aug 2010