June 2012
“More and more people in this country no longer make or do anything tangible; if...”
– The ‘Busy’ Trap - NYTimes.com
...: Follow your own path →
conscientious:
jkottke:
David Brooks has some advice for artists, musicians, politicians, and the like: appreciate the tremendous power of your particularity.
We carry this need for paracosms into adulthood. It’s a paradox that the artists who have the widest global purchase are also the ones who…
Someone needs to explain to me some day (hopefully) why this kind of vapid self-help...
Watchbandh:
In No Great Hurry - 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter
Saul Leiter is a legendary NYC Street Photographer
Follow your own path
jkottke:
David Brooks has some advice for artists, musicians, politicians, and the like: appreciate the tremendous power of your particularity.
We carry this need for paracosms into adulthood. It’s a paradox that the artists who have the widest global purchase are also the ones who have created the most local and distinctive story landscapes. Millions of people around the world are ferociously...
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“I think there is an anxiety about the status of the photograph amongst the new...”
– Edward Burtynsky
“We are living in a time of unprecedented visuality,” says Martin Hand, a...”
– Photo-overload: Everyone’s taking pics, but is anyone really looking? - The Globe and Mail
“It’s the reason why photography was easier in the beginning. It’s...”
– Joseph Koudelka
“After all, photography’s limitations create the space the medium cannot fill -...”
– Conscientious | Review: Lick Creek Line by Ron Jude (and a confession of love for a unique medium)
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“There is so much drama worth capturing on film; you don’t have the time or...”
– Self-Portrait in a Sheet Mirror: On Vivian Maier | The Nation
“We can’t know the full story behind this self-portrait, or behind the many...”
– Self-Portrait in a Sheet Mirror: On Vivian Maier | The Nation
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“No period of time and no artistic medium is all at once static or all at once an...”
– The Alphabet of Light by Kirsten Rian | Daylight
