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Monday Missive — January 7, 2019

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “In a world filled with empty noise, the most important slots are reserved for the poets we seek to listen to, and the poet we seek to become.” — Seth Godin, December 25, 2018  “Our ideas regarding success should … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — December 31, 2018

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “…follow the quiet nudges of your intuition.” — Ursula von Rydingsvard “…I can doubt pieces before making them, but I have to jump into the unknown to get somewhere. I have to dare to make them.” — Paola Pivi … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — December 24, 2018

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Why don’t you put that old print on the floor and I’ll step on it for you and make it even more vintage.” — Brett Weston to Scott Nichols “A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.” — … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — December 17, 2018

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Art Is Not About Understanding. Or Mastery. It is about doing and experience.” — Jerry Saltz “Hide secrets in your work.” — Jerry Saltz “Never just say, “You tell me what it is.” That’s pompous bullshit. When it comes … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — December 10, 2018

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “You push the button, we do the rest.” – George Eastman “The key to artistic photography is to work out your own thoughts, by yourselves. Imitation leads to certain disaster.” – Gertrude Käsebier “More and more are turning to … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — December 3, 2018

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “I often think of that rare fulfilling joy, when I am in the presence of some wonderful alignment of events. Where the light, the colour, the shapes and the balance all interlock so beautifully that I feel truly overwhelmed … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — November 26, 2018

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Most people go through life dreading they’ll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma,” she once wrote. “They’ve already passed their test in life. They’re aristocrats.” — Diane Arbus “I’m trying to please myself; certainly that’s … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — November 19, 2018

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Even if you’re not sure of where it will lead, today’s the day to begin.” — Seth Godin, November 3, 2018 “Look at the acknowledged masters of this craft and you will see large bodies of work that focus … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — November 12, 2018

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Pilgrim leaves crowd the air with their falling every October. The journey is always the same.” — Linda Pastan “The ritual sadness of the season is more voluptuous than joy.” — Linda Pastan “Art is, or ought to be, … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — November 5, 2018

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “If you are bored and disgusted by politics and don’t bother to vote, you are in effect voting for the entrenched Establishments of the two major parties, who please rest assured are not dumb, and who are keenly aware … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — October 29, 2018

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “The mystery isn’t in the technique, it’s in each of us.” — Harry Callahan, More Joy of Photography by Eastman Kodak (Editor) “Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.” — … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — October 22, 2018

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Art is not about consensus. We need not agree over our reactions or our interpretations. Art that forces itself upon us and has as its chief goal our submission to it is not art, it’s propaganda. … Popular photography … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — October 15, 2018

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “The conversations are exasperated, the verdicts swift, conclusive and seemingly absolute. The goal is to protect and condemn work, not for its quality, per se, but for its values. Is this art or artist, this character, this joke bad … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — October 8, 2018

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “I don’t just look at the thing itself or at the reality itself; I look around the edges for those little askew moments – kind of like what makes up our lives – those slightly awkward, lovely moments.” – … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — October 1, 2018

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “I just don’t like having to ask anyone for anything in terms of finances. I don’t like having to wait for someone to approve where I can get my idea off… Like, if I want to make an album … Continue reading →

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