Having a hard time staying enthusiastic at the moment, so a little kind to my self mantra.
“If I go out there I doubt I will find anything worth capturing”.
How about this;
“There is so much going on at any one time in this world, that if all of us were photographers and we all photographed constantly, we could never capture all of it”.
Better?
Writers block or it’s equivalent, is relevant to any artistic endeavour. It is a reality we all face. The more you want to achieve, the more you perceive you have to loose and generally the more you perceive you do lose.
Taking ownership of the end of the journey before travelling through to it creates three problems;
1) You rail-road yourself down a path that is bound to be different to your pre-conceptions,
2) You set a limit (high and low) to your expectations, not allowing for a flexible ending,
3) You forget to enjoy the journey.
The happiest people are the ones who genuinely enjoy the journey, with or without a clear destination in mind.
Another of life’s Bugbears;
“Nothing I do is original, it has all been done before”.
Change to;
“Nobody can do my take on the world, better than me”.
and lastly;
“How do I do work that matters to others. What do people want of me that will impress (I can sell to) them?”
Should be;
“Work I love creating has as much or more chance of being liked by others as work I hate doing, but most importantly I will like it”.
Love this image, even though it less than perfect (would like another foot of breathing space on the right).
Familiar thoughts?
We all have them.
Keep plugging away.