My life is a trial of slow hunch and error; semi-baked ideas patiently awaiting resolution. Epiphanies are ideas that move suddenly from semi to mostly baked after a slow burn and ultimately rely on staying connected to adjacent possibilities to facilitate the serendipity of adaptive re-purposing.
Continue reading...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...Tuesday, October 12, 2010
“Why” is your deepest inside stuff. If you don't know why you do what you do, how can you expect others to believe in you; why should they care? Actions without a cause don’t accumulate followers.
Continue reading...Monday, September 27, 2010
Crowdsourcing is tainted so let's gift it to corporations for their Power Point presentations. It's Jargon. It's not evil, but let’s get real, crowdsourcing isn’t innovation as much as novelty. We need to look past crowdsourcing.
Continue reading...Monday, September 20, 2010
Monetize ideas not ads. The idea economy needs a new business model but I'm not sure a "model" will be the end result.
Continue reading...Friday, September 3, 2010
That will never happen again. It’s easy to say, “So what” or “Thank God”. But my point is that I use that experience - that experience that will never happen again - ever day whether I’m behind the camera or computer.
Continue reading...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...Sunday, July 25, 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...Tuesday, July 6, 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...Thursday, July 1, 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.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
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