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As part of the ongoing photography challenge, I offer you my latest two throw-up-my-hands-what-do-I-do-with-this shots. These were taken inside an art museum (MOCA in Los Angeles), of an piece installed near the ceiling of a wide corridor, where the floor slopes like a gentle ramp, a passageway of sorts. When I walked through it, it [...]
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Have you ever worked on a creative project only to have it fall short in the execution stage? Of course, we all do! Well, now we have a formal term and a scientific measurement scale for judging that kind of outcome: creality. Best of all, the creality scale is not relegated to the negative end of [...]
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This is day seven of the week-long photography challenge. For today’s photographic adventure, I set out on a stroll through the neighborhood, enjoying the sunshine, snapping away at this and that without a specific goal in mind. It felt like a good time to noodle around and try the photographical equivalent of doodling or playing to see what might [...]
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Day 6 of the weeklong photography challenge and I am happy to report that I seem to have hit a groove this evening. This might have happened because today was in essence an all-day Artist Date. (An Artist Date, as discussed in creativity expert Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way, is a weekly date with yourself [...]
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This week’s photography challenge is killing my urge to take photographs: give me reason to rebel and I’m all over it! On the other hand, my collage muscle cranked into gear and took off like a shot this morning. Not that I am complaining, mind you. I think any creative endeavor is worthwhile and it all [...]
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The phrase “beginner mind” ran through my head this morning while I considered how to approach my photography challenge today — and what to post here on the blog in terms of relating the challenge to creativity. Here’s the rub: Although I have taken thousands of photographs over the years, and sold hundreds of them, they [...]
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Today’s post is about showing up. I think Woody Allen is the one who is quoted as saying winning or success is 99% about showing up. (Or was that Charlie Sheen?) Nevermind, the point is I made a commitment to publish a photo or two each day during this week-long photography challenge and I am keeping [...]
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When you make art, be it writing or painting or photography or music, there is a temptation to compare your work to that of other artists. This inexplicable urge opens the mind to doubt and unhelpful questions. Comparing leads us down a dangerous path toward competition, envy, frustration, possibly despair. If we entertain too many doubts and [...]
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Sometimes we let a dare get away from us. Does that ever happen to you? It happened to me (again) today. As a result, I will be showing some photographs during the coming week as part of a creativity challenge. I hope you enjoy them. If you’d like to show some photographs of your own, [...]
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