Xyza Cruz Bacani on Street Photography:
The thing I like the most about street photography? It’s free, [..] I shoot daily to relieve my stress. It’s my way of having fun.via Filipino photographer Xyza Cruz Bacani’s story of perseverance is inspiring by James Gabrillo.
Is where you are now your end game, or are you simply not stepping up?via When you hit the wall by Beate Chelette.
Just a few random quotes to keep myself motivated.
Seth Godin on being Active:
More important than the output, though, is the act itself. The act of doing it every day. When you commit to a practice, you will certainly have days when you don't feel like it, when you believe it's not your best work, when the muse deserts you. But, when you keep your commitment, the muse returns. When you keep your commitment, the work happens.via Susdat by Seth Godin.It doesn't matter if anyone reads it, buys it, sponsors it or shares it. It matters that you show up.
Show up, sit down and type. (Or paint [or photograph]).
Had many days like this here and in life, particularly these last few years. The mere act of showing up has got me through. Congrats Seth on your 6000th post. I was inspired to start blogging on your 3000th post back in Feb 2009.
We all need people to talk us up when we feel like all is lost, pointless or without purpose - sometimes it just has to be ourselves to do the talking. Seth and a few other bloggers have helped me here online, but there are a few in my life that have done the same thing. Thanks ..
Mike Johnstone writes:
you only need to know what you need to knowvia Mastering Photographic Technique by Mike Johnstone.
And, in the same thought, maybe to help you through any procastination:
you only need to do what you need to do
Joel Meyerowitz on Photography and a Moment:
It's always fun to turn the tables on someone who is filming you and do it back to them. If nothing else it becomes a record of the moment, and that has value too.via Turn the Tablle by Joel Meyerowitz.
And so I did and so it was.
Susan Lipper on Photography, and Appearance and Feelings:
I photograph to learn both the appearance of things and also my feelings about themvia davidsimonton.tumblr.com by David Simonton.
Cecelia Beirne on Inspiration:
I can inspire confidence in others, I can be inspired..
via PURPOSE: “SHE’D TAKEN THE TIME TO KNOW ME” by Cecelia Beirne
The last time I remember sitting on this seat was the afternoon of the day before Jenny died. I came out of the ICU to give Joanne some time with Jenny and to shed a quiet tear in silence and solitude under the late afternoon blue sky. The tears rolled down my cheeks and I could taste their saltiness (a recent familiar taste from the heightened emotions anniversaries seem to bring). Some tears had time to dry and become dry crusty white trails down my cheeks. And I tried to wipe them away quickly as one of the ICU Nurses approached and sat down next to me to chat before the start of her shift. I can't remember much about our conversation but I do remember being shown compassion and empathy.
Yesterday, on the 6th Anniversary of Jenny's passing, I sat here and asked Joanne to make this photo using my phone camera. The passage of 6 years in time between those two moments is hard to comprehend but I see it in my Minds Eye and I can definitely feel it all as I look at this photo. I don't really know what to write..Maybe it has already been written?
When I sat here six years ago I did not know Jenny would die the next day, though I knew it would be soon - I had already realistically resigned myself to that fact. I also did not know how my life would unfold in that six year time gap. It has been a roller-coaster and I have bumped and knocked my way around life. Apologies to anyone I have bruised along the way. I question some times if I'm getting any better at it all, or whether I just keep making the same old mistakes, though I would like to think I have grown a little and made a small difference to those around me, in my own small ways, just as the ICU nurse did as she sat next to me six years ago. I think of these small moments often and I draw inspiration and guidance from it and wherever I can. Enough now for another year.
Appreciate every moment of happiness and remember it when you despair. Hold them close. And when you are happy, remember the moments of despair and think to yourself, "I told you so."
The First Day On Earth by Iain S. Thomas.
Before Tim did what he did, I'm pretty sure I did not know what Despair meant. When we left Canberra the day after we said Goodbye, we went to the place he decided to leave us. When I took this photo of myself, this is when I finally understood what Despair meant - it's written all across my face. And more importantly, I found out what it felt. A hard way to learn the meaning of a word. This is Life and we take from it what we can to make us stronger and more resilient.
I Wrote this for You on Heart:
If you carry someone in your heart for too long, it will become heavy..
via The Sky Has Weight by I Wrote this for You (Iain S. Thomas.
Nothing the matter with a heavy heart. At least you know you have a heart and that's all you need to live, to be grateful for what you had and to be happy just for that. I realised this a long time ago and it is how I choose to live my life. Today, the first cold day of winter, it shone through a little brighter than normal.
I'm nobody! Who are you?Seen in Eye to Eye: Photographs by Vivian Maier (*)
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us — don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!
The general population now uses imaging as a kind of language. That's the nature of the kinds of working images they want and use in their personal lives. It's a living language.via After the gold rush. Where is photography headed? (*) by Kirk Tuck (*).
To make a change (*) happen. [..]via Every presentation worth doing has just one purpose (*) by Seth Godin (*).
Change (*), of course, opens doors (*), it creates possibilities (*) and it's fraught with danger (*) and apparent risk (*). Much easier to deny this than it is to embrace (*) it. [..]
But you won't. Because the change (*) matters.
