Aug 6, 2014 | inspirations
inspire: words for photographers The compositional dance is about figuring out a way to move you and your camera, which in turn moves the smallest of details inside your viewfinder for maximum visual impact. You can make use of all photographic techniques to create...
Aug 1, 2014 | inspirations, photography
Vanitas paintings were very popular in the 17th century, especially in the Netherlands. Many of the Dutch masterpieces were still life paintings of highly symbolic items meant to remind people of their own mortality and the transitory nature of material items. It...
Jul 29, 2014 | creativity, inspirations, photography
You write because you have an idea in your mind that feels so genuine, so important, so true. And yet, by the time this idea passes through the different filters of your mind, and into your hand, and onto the page or computer screen—it becomes distorted, and...
Jul 22, 2014 | inspirations
Inspire: Words for a Busy Week “…one wonders if Americans will ever tire of chasing after the gods of Progress and Bigness and rediscover the little things, red schoolhouses among them, that once gave us our soul.” —Bill Kauffman, “In One Room, Many Advantages”,...
Jul 15, 2014 | inspirations
Inspire: Words for a Busy Week Every genuine artistic intuition goes beyond what the senses perceive and, reaching beneath reality’s surface, strives to interpret its hidden mystery. The intuition itself springs from the depths of the human soul, where the desire to...
