A World Of Pretenders
After all is said and done, more is said than done. -Aesop I have always felt the most important part of what I do is, what I do. That is to say, It makes very little difference what I tell you I do. If [...]
Photographs That Make A Difference
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. -Leo Tolstoy The World is full of pictures, dare I say too many pictures? I don’t think that would be a stretch. Pictures, that is to say, the depiction of [...]
The Value of Creative Expression
Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things. -Ray Bradbury A somewhat lost realm of photography, originality is at the heart of nearly all forms of art. [...]
Art & The Misunderstood
To be great is to be misunderstood. -Ralph Waldo Emerson I should be clear at the start here. The title, "Art & The Misunderstood" is not about misunderstood art. Though that is part of it. I am referring to the "misunderstood" part as many things. [...]
Pursuing The Title
The fundamental difference between art and beauty is that art is about who has produced it, whereas beauty depends on who’s looking. -Chiara Leonardi It comes to the surprise of many who read my Philosophy on the about page that I don't consider myself a [...]
Lessons Learned
I will not attempt to go into them all, but some stand out more than others.