Thursday, October 22, 2009

"Quote-Unquote"

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.
  - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

 

Friday, July 31, 2009

"Quote-Unquote"

“My niche had become my rut.”

“A groove differs from both a niche and a rut. Where a niche is marketing talk, and a rut is a place in which we get stuck creatively, a groove is a channel that leads us, funnels our creative energies, allows those energies to flow purely in one direction without having to spend effort in steering them. A groove is a great place to be. It’s a place where there is room to play, to explore, to boldly make mistakes. Where a niche applies to those with commercial concerns, a groove is for all of us, a place to which we aspire as creatives.

A groove isn’t something you create, but you can set the stage for it. By working on your craft and exploring the corners you’ve left untouched.”

Read more: http://digital-photography-school.com/photography-niches-grooves-and-ruts#ixzz0MosxBsK2

-- Photographer and author David duChemin

Monday, July 27, 2009

Change your strategy

One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet

and a sign that read "I am blind, please help".

 

A creative publicist was walking by him and stopped to observe he only had a few

coins in his hat, he dropped a few more coins in his hat and without asking for his

permission took the sign, turned it around, and wrote another announcement.

 

He placed the sign by his feet and left. That afternoon the creative publicist returned by

the blind man and noticed that his hat was full of bills and coins. The blind man

recognized his footsteps and asked if it was him who had re-written his sign and he

wanted to know what did he write on it?

 

The publicist responded "Nothing that was not true, I just rewrote your sign

differently". He smiled and went on his way.

The blind man never knew but his new sign read “TODAY IS SPRING AND I CANNOT

SEE IT".

 

Change your strategy when something does not go your way and you'll see it will

probably be for the best. Have faith that every change is best for our lives.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Set 'em free

If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it was, and always will be yours. If it never returns, it was never yours to begin with. If it just sits in your room, messes up your stuff, eats your food, uses your phone, takes your money, and never behaves as if you actually set it free in the first place, you either married it or gave birth to it.

 

-- www.jokes.com

Friday, July 3, 2009