• Cityscapes/Urban

    Where'd it go?

    December 14, 2009
    Empty Space

    Yep, some days are like this. The mind is blank, empty. No creative juices are flowing. What was in there yesterday has been moved out. Where’d it go? I have gone through those times when I needed to fill the empty garage with new tools. Give me more camera equipment, I shouted. Now I will admit a new tool can help stir up creativity but creativity by itself is not going to be found on those same shelves as our tools, it’s in another department. Well, those times in my life when my mind seems empty I have learned a few things that will help refill it.

    • Taking a walk in nature will fill with my camera will refresh me quickly.
    • Finding quite time for myself: meditation/prayer.
    • Journaling. Using a pen and paper to write will help me to slow down, gathering my thoughts.
    • Giving myself an assignment or maybe have someone give me an assignment.
    • Shooting with a fellow photographer.
    • Checking out another photographers portfolio.
    • Eating chocolate (Okay maybe it doesn’t help in creativity but there’s always time for chocolate.)

    I also do some of these things to refill and refresh all aspects of my life. What are some things you do to refill the empty creative garage?

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  • landscape,  National Parks

    Jim Bales Place

    April 10, 2009

     

    Jim Bales Place
    Jim Bales Place

    Housing sure has changed over the years. The houses I was raised in was so different than what I raised my family in and their houses are different also. We can go back each generation and see the changes in houses. A smile comes across my face as I look at this image of Jim Bales place in the Great Smoky Mountains. Probably too small for most Americans way of living: no running water or electricity, therefore no microwave, TV, desk lamp, hot water or crapper. Probably would stay on the market too long. And, where’s the 3-car garage?

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