Comments on: Letting Go http://withinaclick.com/2010/06/letting-go/ Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:49:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dee http://withinaclick.com/2010/06/letting-go/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Dee Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:09:31 +0000 http://withinaclick.com/?p=2119#comment-608 You said: "At times I find it boring, ego driven, and cliche." Like you said, go back to the beginning. I hope you haven't stopped.. cause your stuff is wonderful, it inspires ME. To push my boundaries, my self-imposed limitations, all those words and sounds that say stop, wait, make sure it's good enough... Sometimes ignorance, or naivete, is bliss - no over-thinking, no questioning, just being in the present moment. The beauty of starting out is that we don't show our stuff, so it's just for us, the beauty in its imperfections... then we start to show and display and compare.. and maybe even compete. Then we get feedback - good and bad - and then we stop doing it for us. Then we start doing it for others, for the reward, the pleasure of getting praise. and then We lose interest... it becomes ego.. it becomes cliche... it becomes boring. Creativity is like climbing.. you need to do it to challenge yourself and not the wall.. not the spectators... no one but yourself faced with that wall, that canvas, that empty sheet of paper... it's all the same. Boredom is just another obstacle to overcome - to show yourself how much you want something, and to remind you of why you're doing this. Cheers You said:
“At times I find it boring, ego driven, and cliche.”

Like you said, go back to the beginning. I hope you haven’t stopped.. cause your stuff is wonderful, it inspires ME. To push my boundaries, my self-imposed limitations, all those words and sounds that say stop, wait, make sure it’s good enough…

Sometimes ignorance, or naivete, is bliss – no over-thinking, no questioning, just being in the present moment.

The beauty of starting out is that we don’t show our stuff, so it’s just for us, the beauty in its imperfections…
then we start to show and display and compare.. and maybe even compete.
Then we get feedback – good and bad – and then we stop doing it for us.

Then we start doing it for others, for the reward, the pleasure of getting praise.
and then
We lose interest… it becomes ego.. it becomes cliche… it becomes boring.

Creativity is like climbing.. you need to do it to challenge yourself and not the wall.. not the spectators… no one but yourself faced with that wall, that canvas, that empty sheet of paper… it’s all the same.
Boredom is just another obstacle to overcome – to show yourself how much you want something, and to remind you of why you’re doing this.

Cheers

]]> By: rae http://withinaclick.com/2010/06/letting-go/comment-page-1/#comment-563 rae Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:33:56 +0000 http://withinaclick.com/?p=2119#comment-563 yeah, i know you know i've been so up and down with photography this year. i soooo MISS that fun i used to feel. i want it bwck, but i know i can't force it. i've finally been able to be fine with not picking up mu camera if i just don't feel like it. some of the fun hqs come back when the shooting mood strikes me, but, i've just lost the eye i used to have. it's weird, but i'm ok with it for now. it's almost as if i'm just starting all over again. yeah, i know you know i’ve been so up and down with photography this year. i soooo MISS that fun i used to feel. i want it bwck, but i know i can’t force it. i’ve finally been able to be fine with not picking up mu camera if i just don’t feel like it. some of the fun hqs come back when the shooting mood strikes me, but, i’ve just lost the eye i used to have.

it’s weird, but i’m ok with it for now. it’s almost as if i’m just starting all over again.

]]> By: #anne# http://withinaclick.com/2010/06/letting-go/comment-page-1/#comment-553 #anne# Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:55:47 +0000 http://withinaclick.com/?p=2119#comment-553 Well said, Brad. You've basically summed up how I've felt for the past year or so. I'm in. Well said, Brad. You’ve basically summed up how I’ve felt for the past year or so.

I’m in.

]]> By: Kevin http://withinaclick.com/2010/06/letting-go/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Kevin Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:30:36 +0000 http://withinaclick.com/?p=2119#comment-548 Inspiring indeed Brad.... Inspiring indeed Brad….

]]> By: Christopher http://withinaclick.com/2010/06/letting-go/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Christopher Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:46:29 +0000 http://withinaclick.com/?p=2119#comment-547 Thanks for the reminder to just go have some fun, and not sweat the audience (or lack of one) as much. I often remind people of this same "take the camera with, and just have fun" concept when I teach a Basic Video class (at my job). I (like many people) rediscovered "fun" through digital, and now it's the use of vintage film cameras that has done it for me again Thanks for the reminder to just go have some fun, and not sweat the audience (or lack of one) as much. I often remind people of this same “take the camera with, and just have fun” concept when I teach a Basic Video class (at my job). I (like many people) rediscovered “fun” through digital, and now it’s the use of vintage film cameras that has done it for me again

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