“Always go and check it out. It’s what we are here to do.”
On The Comfortable/Disturbed Spectrum
“I’ve learned that secrets don’t help anybody.”
James Luckett has a lot to say that will resonate with many of us.
http://consumptive.org/2012/11/16/in-defense-of-photography/
W. o’ W.: Ray Anderson
‘When human beings laugh or smile, they are in a state of grace.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGZ6hCy_Pok
(Mostly, he plays trombone.)
Diana Nyad Is My Age!
On her fifth try over 35 years Ms. Nyad was able to swim from Cuba to Florida, in just under 53 hours.
“I have three messages. One is we should never, ever give up. Two is you never are too old to chase your dreams. Three is it looks like a solitary sport but it takes a team.”
W. o’ W.: Eikoh Hosoe
“To me photography can be simultaneously both a record and a mirror or window of self-expression… the camera is generally assumed to be unable to depict that which is not visible to the eye and yet, the photographer who wields it well can depict what lies unseen in his memory.”
W. o’ W.: Harry Callahan
“I do believe strongly in photography and hope by following it intuitively that when the photographs are looked at they will touch the spirit in people.”
Closing Credits
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/17320958-418/roger-ebert-dies-at-70-after-battle-with-cancer.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-roger-ebert-dead-20130404,0,4666901,full.story
“‘Kindness’ covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.”
“Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions never lie to you.” -Roger Ebert, 1942-2013
Advice, Three Ways
“Make some sacrifice for your art, and you will be repaid, but ask of art to sacrifice herself for you and a bitter disappointment may come to you… The best work in literature is always done by those who do not depend on it for their daily bread and the highest form of literature, Poetry, brings no wealth to the singer.” -Oscar Wilde
http://www.openculture.com/2013/03/so_you_want_to_be_a_writer_a_poem_by_charles_bukowski_.html
Succinct Aaron Siskind said it this way: “Talent or no, it’s the need to work that matters.”
Creative Camerawork 