Tag Archives: Creativity

Monday Missive — September 14, 2020

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Rich

Quotes “The trick now (as it has undoubtedly always been) is in knowing, specifically, what it is that you want to say with your photograph and then being able to employ the appropriate techniques, in the appropriate circumstances and in … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — June 24, 2019

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.” – Steven Pressfield “A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.” – Annie Leibovitz “I want to make photographs whose very ambiguity provokes thought, rather … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — May 6, 2019

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “I decided to accept as true my own thinking. I have already settled it for myself, so flattery and criticism go down the same drain, and I am quite free.” — Georgia O’Keeffe via Cole Thompson “Sometimes you have … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — January 28, 2019

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “The more personal you make your work, the more universal it becomes.” — Katrin Eismann “The enemy of art is the total lack of limitations.” — Orson Wells “I chose nature photography as a way of capturing and sharing … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — January 21, 2019

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “Art is a response to our humanity and the challenges it brings, not a break from it; it shouldn’t be an obligation.” — David DuChemin “I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — January 14, 2019

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “The difference between RC-paper and fiber-based paper is the same as the difference between vinyl and leather.“ — John Sexton “We tried to present the ordinary in an extraordinary manner. But that’s the paradox because the only thing extraordinary about it … Continue reading →

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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 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 — 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 — July 9, 2018

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.” — John Maeda “On some level art is first an act arising from the self. Only then can it be concerned about speaking to, engaging with, or pleasing others. … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — July 2, 2018

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Rich

Quotes All by Keith Carter at B & H Optic 2018 “Tell the truth as you know it.” “We all need the work of others.” “Make friends with uncertainty.” “The full weight and mystery of your art rests upon your … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — June 18, 2018

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “But Kandinsky did not intend for his theories to be prescriptive. Artmaking, he insisted, was about freedom.” — From How to Be an Artist, According to Wassily Kandinsky, by Rachel Lebowitz, Jun 12, 2017, Artsy.net “Quitting merely because you’re … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — June 11, 2018

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.” – Norman Vincent Peale “Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.” – Earl Nightingale “Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.” … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — May 21, 2018

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Every day you play with the light of the universe.” — Pablo Neruda “To those of you who … have a frustrated streak of anarchy within you: f*ck the rules. Colour outside the lines. Fill your canvas with blazing … Continue reading →

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