I just got in from lunch with a business partner. After the work was said and done, we found ourselves immersed in a tangential talk about the state of world affairs and the people therein.
Heady stuff.
The gist of our discussion can be summed up in this quote from American novelist Gail Godwin:
“The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can’t congeal: There is a forward motion to yearning.”
In photography, in business, and in life we always need to make certain we are always looking forward to something. That we have goals. And that we are constantly improving ourselves. It’s easy to huddle in a corner and accept the status quo with no questions asked.
But take a look at the truly great people, in both modern times and in the past. They never accepted the status quo. They set out to change things, to improve their situation.
Photography is all about seeing things differently, about honing our craft, about pushing the boundaries a bit.
Or, sometimes, pushing the boundaries a lot.
It’s about forward motion.
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