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Equipment Doesn’t Matter; iPhone Movies & Michael Koerbel
"Apple of My Eye" is a great little short film shot and edited on the iPhone 4 in 48 hours. It's a great example of working "inside the box" of a creative challenge.
Continue reading...Who’s My Daddy Now? I Want to Rebel
25. July 2010
Creativity confronts the status quo; “established authority” if you will. Creativity is by nature disruptive; always asking questions and refusing to follow. With our shift from authority to authenticity, wouldn’t it make sense that creativity has shifted too?
Continue reading...Did You Make Art Today? – The Swanko Solution
19. July 2010
I have a friend who asks at the end of a shoot, “Did you make art today?” “I think so” was my typical response because I’m never sure what I did with my camera that day will be considered art. Thinking back, it’s probably because I’ve assessed too many contact sheets and digital proofs filled with prosaic visual records.
Continue reading...If Life Were Twitter, Creativity Would Be Trending
15. July 2010
The faster we spin our lives, the more often we’re building the plane already in flight; creativity is urgent to avoid a harsh inadvertent landing. “Permission to suck” is the dreaded essay test.
Continue reading...Look Inside and Make Your Creative Mark
6. July 2010
Perhaps we’re looking for meaning, or overcoming creative block, or simply have too much free time, yet my wager is on the speed of which our cultural environment is changing. We simply can’t keep up so we are gradually choosing an alternative: finding a place to plant our flag.
Continue reading...What makes great photographs and illustrations?
1. July 2010
There are elements of a great picture beyond composition, simplicity, light, color, texture and all that designy-crafty stuff. With some tormented thought, I’ve narrowed it down to three elements that seamlessly overlap but are also separate enough that they seem to own a category.
Continue reading...You Waiting for Permission?
7. June 2010
What is the street artist’s intent? Anti-social pop art with an extreme satirical point intended for consumption across all socioeconomic barriers, or is it hype driven brandalism by an artistic terrorist bent on pulling one over on a naïve culture?
Continue reading...Don’t Waste Your Change Reserves
3. June 2010
How do we know we aren’t behaving like comfort loving factory workers? I doubt there is a material answer, but the subtlety of creative exhaustion knows no bounds. Take a look at this experiment explained by Dan Heath at Fastcompany.com.
Continue reading...The Dogmas of the Past are Inadequate – Sir Ken Robinson
1. June 2010
I think this is what Sir Ken Robinson has in mind: Too many of us tolerate what we do rather enthusiastically do what we love. Our schools don’t teach us to discover and cultivate our passions. Transforming means shifting from a linear manufacturing approach to an organic agricultural approach; create the environment under which students can flourish.
Continue reading...Influenced by Weegee the Famous – Who?
27. May 2010
I've been influenced by Usher Fellig (aka Weegee the Famous). I had no idea. But I’m in good company from Diane Arbus to Cindy Sherman, and the rest of us. It’s hard to peel away the nostalgia from his photos from mid 20th century NYC, but as I try the feeling of intensity remains; as though one held a candle under humanity fluid and let it reduce.
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28. July 2010
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