Creativity
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Moleskin Notes
A survey of things I’ve noted: “I tell you this not as aimless revelation but because I want you to know, as you read me, who I am and where I am and what is on my mind.” ~ Joan Didion, The White Album “There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that Continue reading
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Writing, Photography and Bliss
Joseph Campbell famously stated, “Follow your bliss.” It is a luxury, you say? No, if you want to be alive it’s a necessity. Go do what you do. Listen for the drum beat, follow it. Go. Do it. Continue reading
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Not for the coffee table.
A few weeks ago I ordered some photography books. Not for the coffee table. For the eye. They are: Robert Doisneau, a Taschen “Icon” series book. Bernard Plossu, So Long and two monographs: Edouard Boubat & Lee Friedlander Not a photography book, per se, but I also purchased Clive Scott’s Street Photography, From Atget to Continue reading
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Masterclass of a Life Well Lived
The ultimate creative assignment is the masterclass in a life well lived. Continue reading
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I have a done a few things well…
I had a college literature professor, Colin Campbell, who likened writers to spiders. Colin would sit behind his desk, his eyes dancing behind his thick glasses, his face expressive and smiling, while with his fingers he would make itsy-bitsy spider motions, like one does for young children, and declare, “The spider makes its web from Continue reading
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