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Sometimes creativity is all about having a positive, open mindset—which can be challenging! Here are my thoughts on maintaining that mindset.
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There’s one big aspect to creativity that tends to get lost in the shuffle of everything else. We spend a lot of time thinking about how to think in innovative ways, or learning new techniques and new approaches to art. In all of this discussion about creativity and how to be creative, we lose sight of the fundamental fact that creativity is often about the mindset.
That old “mind over matter” saying really rings true, I think. Aside from techniques, skills, knowledge, and new ways of thinking, it’s the desire or the motivation to be creative that is the thing that drives us out to make photographs.
The thing is, it’s not the easiest thing in the world to always be in that positive, motivated mindset. Especially in this day and age with so much happening in the world. We must always remember that overcoming challenges a motivating ourselves to be creative starts with our view of the world we live in.
How do we go about building that positive, motivated mindset? A big part of it is positive self-talk in which we assure ourselves that yes, we can do this. That’s what confidence—and all of the creativity that flows from that confidence—is really all about. It’s all about believing in ourselves, and one of the best ways to reinforce belief in oneself is to keep telling yourself that yes, you can create.
Where photography is concerned, I think this is a particularly applicable tactic simply from looking around at our habits. How often do we talk ourselves out of going out to photograph things or take a particular shot because we’re not inspired? Or because we don’t feel like it, because we have doubts that our ideas will work. I know I’ve caught myself talking myself out of photography, and I’m sure that you have, too. There are all kinds of reasons to decide against doing photography on a particular day or taking a particular shot.
That’s why positive self-talk is so important. As the old saying goes, nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? It’s valuable to instead approach art with a “seize the day” mentality and just give it a shot no matter how implausible we think our ideas may be. These are the times when we often surprise ourselves by creating something we didn’t know would turn out as well as it did—and it’s all because we approached it with a positive mindset. So maybe that’s the real foundation of creativity. That “seize the day” mindset that motivates us to go out and create where we might have instead just stayed home to watch TV. Finding ways to be positive and put ourselves into a motivated mindset perhaps helps us be more open to opportunities, too. If you’re feeling generally neutral or negative about things, it’s not likely that you’ll be as receptive to details or new opportunities. But if you have that can-do attitude, then that helps the world feel like a livelier—and more photo-worthy—place.
for any number of years, while in "Laurette" mode, I was concerned that people would be looking at me
now I am disappointed when they don't!
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[Kind of dark and depressing, but that's how I started feeling tonight. Doing this picture actually helped. Which is pretty cool beans, because I hate being in shitty moods. But, I guess everyone does. I might delete this later... I dunno.]
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A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset. When you wake up, take a second think about what a privilege it is to simply be alive and healthy. The moment you start acting like life is a blessing, I assure you that it will start to feel like one. Time spent living is time worth appreciating.
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Back from Taiwan. We met lot of nice people there, Learning a lot of things, awesome trip, basicly. My energy pump's up and suddently i wanna make some piece when i reach my hometown. But when i check my garage, there is only few cans left. So, again, dealing with limitation in the middle of the night.Sigh!
A man’s duty is simple, shield what’s his. No ghost from the past should poison what’s good in the present. Guard your heart, your love, your peace. Ain’t no virus strong enough to break what’s built on truth. No yesterday can steal a tomorrow that’s meant to be. #AlphaMindset #ProtectWhatMatters
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“One of the things I leɑrned the hɑrd wɑy wɑs thɑt it doesn’t pɑy to get discourɑged. Keeping busy ɑnd mɑking optimism ɑ wɑy of life cɑn restore your fɑith in yourself.”– Lucille Bɑll
Sometimes I feel trapped in my own head. In a way that my head feels like a box that is never big enough for me and where every thought is like a breath that steals the last bit of oxygen of that tightly sealed box...so much that you slowly start to suffocate from your own thoughts.
People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf
A solitary figures communes with nature in the shade of a meadow beneath El Capitan in Yosemite Valley
The Mindset List for the Class of 2017
For this generation of entering college students, born in 1995, Dean Martin, Mickey Mantle, and Jerry Garcia have always been dead.
1. Eminem and LL Cool J could show up at parents’ weekend.
2. They are the sharing generation, having shown tendencies to share everything, including possessions, no matter how personal.
3. GM means food that is Genetically Modified.
4. As they started to crawl, so did the news across the bottom of the television screen.
5. “Dude” has never had a negative tone.
6. As their parents held them as infants, they may have wondered whether it was the baby or Windows 95 that had them more excited.
7. As kids they may well have seen Chicken Run but probably never got chicken pox.
8. Having a chat has seldom involved talking.
9. Gaga has never been baby talk.
10. They could always get rid of their outdated toys on eBay.
11. They have known only two presidents.
12. Their TV screens keep getting smaller as their parents’ screens grow ever larger.
13. PayPal has replaced a pen pal as a best friend on line.
14. Rites of passage have more to do with having their own cell phone and Skype accounts than with getting a driver’s license and car.
15. The U.S. has always been trying to figure out which side to back in Middle East conflicts.
16. A tablet is no longer something you take in the morning.
17. Threatening to shut down the government during Federal budget negotiations has always been an anticipated tactic.
18. Growing up with the family dog, one of them has worn an electronic collar, while the other has toted an electronic lifeline.
19. Plasma has never been just a bodily fluid.
20. The Pentagon and Congress have always been shocked, absolutely shocked, by reports of sexual harassment and assault in the military.
21. Spray paint has never been legally sold in Chicago.
22. Captain Janeway has always taken the USS Voyager where no woman or man has ever gone before.
23. While they've grown up with a World Trade Organization, they have never known an Interstate Commerce Commission.
24. Courts have always been ordering computer network wiretaps.
25. Planes have never landed at Stapleton Airport in Denver.
26. Jurassic Park has always had rides and snack bars, not free-range triceratops and velociraptors.
27. Thanks to Megan's Law and Amber Alerts, parents have always had community support in keeping children safe.
28. With GPS, they have never needed directions to get someplace, just an address.
29. Java has never been just a cup of coffee.
30. Americans and Russians have always cooperated better in orbit than on earth.
31. Olympic fever has always erupted every two years.
32. Their parents have always bemoaned the passing of precocious little Calvin and sarcastic stuffy Hobbes.
33. In their first 18 years, they have watched the rise and fall of Tiger Woods and Alex Rodriquez.
34. Yahoo has always been looking over its shoulder for the rise of "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle.”
35. Congress has always been burdened by the requirement that they comply with the anti-discrimination and safety laws they passed for everybody else to follow.
36. The U.S. has always imposed economic sanctions against Iran.
37. The Celestine Prophecy has always been bringing forth a new age of spiritual insights.
38. Smokers in California have always been searching for their special areas, which have been harder to find each year.
39. They aren’t surprised to learn that the position of Top Spook at the CIA is an equal opportunity post.
40. They have never attended a concert in a smoke-filled arena.
41. As they slept safely in their cribs, the Oklahoma City bomber and the Unabomber were doing their deadly work.
42. There has never been a national maximum speed on U.S. highways.
43. Don Shula has always been a fine steak house.
44. Their favorite feature films have always been largely, if not totally, computer generated.
45. They have never really needed to go to their friend’s house so they could study together.
46. They have never seen the Bruins at Boston Garden, the Trailblazers at Memorial Coliseum, the Supersonics in Key Arena, or the Canucks at the Pacific Coliseum.
47. Dayton, Ohio, has always been critical to international peace accords.
48. Kevin Bacon has always maintained six degrees of separation in the cinematic universe.
49. They may have been introduced to video games with a new Sony PlayStation left in their cribs by their moms.
50. A Wiki has always been a cooperative web application rather than a shuttle bus in Hawaii.
51. The Canadian Football League Stallions have always sung Alouette in Montreal after bidding adieu to Baltimore.
52. They have always been able to plug into USB ports
53. Olestra has always had consumers worried about side effects.
54. Washington, D.C., tour buses have never been able to drive in front of the White House.
55. Being selected by Oprah’s Book Club has always read “success.”
56. There has never been a Barings Bank in England.
57. Their parents’ car CD player is soooooo ancient and embarrassing.
58. New York’s Times Square has always had a splash of the Magic Kingdom in it.
59. Bill Maher has always been politically incorrect.
60. They have always known that there are “five hundred, twenty five thousand, six hundred minutes" in a year.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work for it.
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There's a speed edit talk through tutorial over on my youtube, all about how I created two images (this one included) from the special day I had with mindset coach Susan Maddison 😊
Thanks to Jack & Alex for providing the smoke (it's actually vape! 🙊) and for helping with everything on the day!
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Just took a quick snap, really bussy with some other jobs, tomorrow another meeting in Amsterdam, sunday a shoot. I'm almost done editing my job from august, that will give me some more breathing space. Oh and this : Fuck you fall.
tata!
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The ultimate form of preparation is not planning for a specific scenario, but a mindset that can handle uncertainty. - James Clear
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Sometimes when I hit the coast I often get in the mindset of finding some foreground rocks with some wave action. However, with the low tide this evening, I decided to try something different and I focused on the tide pools along the cliff side. I admit, it felt strange not being in the thick of the action: no waves to look out for, and no need to time my captures with the wave motions.
I wanted to highlight the foreground rock textures and to capture the light reflecting in these shallow pools. To complete the framing, I also included the cliff side to show the ruggedness of the California coastline. As the sun set, the colors began to scintillate the sky. I had thought much of the clouds dispersed and evaporated but there was plenty that still stuck around. The clouds formed some beautiful formations resembling long strands whipping across the sky.
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Macro can make an insect's environment reach our perspectives. Inside a common daisy there was a whole family of bugs. This is the shots I am seeking currently at home for my practical projects I have to do.