Tag Archive | "Artistic Expression"
Interview with Creative Soul – Rhiannon Giddens
Wait. Who is that singing? I take some pride in my early discovery: At Ribfest 2005, September at Five County Stadium, Zebulon, NC., while there to support the featured band – good friends, great band – and, oh yeah, eat some ribs – surprise – a magnificent voice stopped our tracks dead. Rhiannon Giddens – more »
Continue reading...Dear Customer, Should I Be Doing This?
Monday, March 14, 2011
If you're like me, you ask yourself, "should I be doing this" way too often. Here's a good reminder from jazz composer Maria Schneider of the proper answer.
Continue reading...Now … a Message from Karl Lagerfeld
Thursday, February 3, 2011
"The minute you think the past was better, your present is second hand - yourself becomes vintage. It's OK for cloths, not so great for people."
Continue reading...Brene Brown on The Power of Vulnerability
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Leaning into discomfort, it’s what the creative professional does if they plan to be successful. Brene Brown, researcher, storyteller and TED presenter, helps explain why we’re so miserable except for when we do.
Continue reading...Artificial Creativity
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The Good: Crowd accelerated innovation. The Bad: An elevation of mediocrity and low expectations. The time of creation comes treacherously close to the duration of consumption.
Continue reading...Revisiting Permission to Suck and Listening to Springsteen
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Early on we were lamenting about how hard it can be to try something new because after a long career there is a tendency to feel as though every new thing has to be a masterpiece. It feels as though your reputation rides on your next photo or your next song; one false move and you’re discovered for a fraud.
Continue reading...Why Do You Take Photographs?
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Call it our passion but if you’re anything like me, it’s mostly taken for granted until discovering a void. If I'm selling my value and forget my "WHY", then my cause is lost. Here's me starting with "WHY".
Continue reading...Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Julian Lennon
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
From Sunday Morning’s interview on CBS, “Look around you, if those who have it tougher than you can get on, the least you can do is honor them by doing it yourself.”
Continue reading...“Sometimes You Just Have to Get Butt-Naked” – Keith Carter
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
I visited the National Portrait Gallery and rediscovered Keith Carter – a photographer I’ve long admired. I saw his portrait of American Playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote in which the Carter limited focus using forward lens tilts. I had forgotten him. I saw it and mumbled, “there it is”.
Continue reading...WORD :: How Good Talk Makes Photography Better
Thursday, August 12, 2010
This is where it begins; the 1000 words theoretically embedded in every photo. Art and photography depends on language translation. The narration begins in our heads as we create. Just as music rises above its mathematical roots, imagery is descriptive.
Continue reading...Video Interviews with Creative Professionals
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