It seems to me that beliefs about the future are so rarely correct that they usually aren't worth the extra rigidity they impose, and that the best strategy is simply to be aggressively open-minded.via How to be an Expert in a Changing World (*) by Paul Graham (*).
Following in their [pioneers] footsteps might seem like a shortcut, the irony being that pioneers mostly succeed (*) by being pioneers—by doing what others don’t dare to do, because it isn’t obvious or easy.via Why Not Go First? (*) by Story of Telling (*).
Our biggest learnings (*) and successes (*) come from going first.
Whatever our calling, whether we are scientists, engineers, poets, public servants, or parents, we all live in a complex, and ever-changing world, and all of us deserve what's in this toolbox: critical thinking skills; knowledge (*) of the past (*) and other cultures (*); an ability to work with and interpret numbers and statistics; access to the insights of great writers and artists; a willingness to experiment, to open up to change (*); and the ability to navigate ambiguity (*).via An MIT Dean's Defense of the Humanities (*) by AthanasiusKircher (*).
She was a servant of her talent (*), compelled to use her servitude (*) to make what she needed to make. [..]via Jerry Saltz on Finding Vivian Maier: An Invisible Artist and the Man Who Found Her (*) by Jerry Saltz (*).
Bells go off when you look at her pictures; you become witness to something big. Proust talked of "the apogee of the particular." That's here. This gives Maier's work psychological and philosophical force, something deeply observant. At the same time, she also has an outsider's (*) view of the world. She's one who watches, silently observes (*), is alert to the tiniest disturbance in the visual or psychic field. [..] The valor of being alive comes into focus.
The Flow State is a place where the impossible becomes possible, where time slows down and a perfect moment becomes attainable,via Achieving The Rise Of Flow: An Interview With Steven Kotler (*) by Sports Are 80 Percent Mental (*).
I felt like THE LORD was shining a light (*) for me to make a photo….Oh man, what a feeling…it was like an experience that one should remember for eternity. I raised the Leica with the 35cron and just as I put it to my eye….via Fuji XP1 & 35mm Find The Light … and Some Other Things (*) by StreetSooter (*).
I kinda heard a voice in my head and I thought it was THE LORD as he said….Schmuck, your shooting TRI-X.
Those are the kind of experiences (*) that effect your life…or not! For me things like that leave me open to the possibilities of what ever life throws at me.
But the photos I get with this process feel like mine. When I do catch that [..] right moment, or some other confluence (*) of events just on the cusp of existence, it feels like magic (*). Like, how did that happen? How did I come to own that?He saves the best to last:
The irony is that I feel like a conduit for some greater serendipity (*). Maybe that's what some of the more process-oriented photographers are looking for too. [..] it feels like something important happened. OK, it's just one little cosmic accident but it feels like something important. Humanity in a nutshell.via Upside Down Hunter (*) by Blake Andrews (*).
Imperfections (*), embracing chance (*), living with limited amounts of control (*) – they have a lot to offer for those willing to work with them.via Photobook Reviews (Week 42/2013) (*) by Conscientious Photography Magazine (*).
Each time we've come together, it's fallen into place quickly without a struggle (*). When it happens, it's just big. You've got to relax (*) with it; you can't question it, because it's just this forward pressure (*) that keeps pushing all the time.via Kings of the road (*) by Craig Mathieson (*).
I personally feel that spending one’s life in search of fame and recognition is a waste of time. Rather, I feel the most important thing is to create work that is relevant and meaningful to you. After all, fame (*) and recognition is dependent on the opinion of others – something you can’t control.via 10 Lessons Andre Kertesz Has Taught Me About Street Photography (*) by Eric Kim (*).
And what I have come to see is that fame (*) only amplified that which was there already.She then discussed her own way forward:
So if I was depressed or I if I was insecure or if I was angry or whatever it was it just amplified it.
It made everything bigger and it did not sort of give, give me what it had been sort of purported to be able to give.
And so there was this great disillusionment.
At this point in my life I am clearer that I share music because it is part of my life purpose.For me, my main aim in life is not to be noticed too much. I am happy to be just engaged with the world (*) and contributing in my own little way, whatever that might be.
To write it is, the act of writing it is for me and the act of sharing it is so that other people can make it their own - they can derive comfort, inspiration or whatever they want to derive from it.
So it becomes an offering of some kind and because of that I can do it and I can work really hard.
If I were singularly doing it to just be in the public eye for gratuitous reasons, than I would probably last about an hour.
I think songwriters are conduits to songs from the ether. There’s a danger of grandiosity, but we don’t really write songs. They pre-exist. We find them like archaeologists. Even though I’ve put the work in, they seem like they’re already there.via Lily Allen's no 1 was haunted by a ghost and a TV show inspired Oasis's Champagne Supernova: The secrets of the hitmakers (*) by Daniel Rachel (*).
The Street Warrior moves forward thru time but sees the world as a passing journey.via The Ricoh GR … Defining Your Vision Part 2 (*) .
The street warrior is in tune with himself and seeks the next image not because it’s the elusive butterfly but because he counts back in time.
Knowing that each and every image recorded may be the last or even close to the last, he is prepared to make the next image the one that marks his place in time.
