Divergent in Photography and Thought
Robert Frost’s 1916 poem still holds meaning for me, and finds its way into my photography, and my life.
Life on the Street in Color
A photo gallery shows that street life in Mexico can get pretty colorful behind a cloak of stillness.
You Are the Most Important Influence for Your Art
Inspiration by Graphic: It’s all about you. Who you are is what you make, and what you make of it.
Are We Enslaved By Our Tech Tools?
The marketplace is so crowded with content and platforms for sharing and communicating. Choice is a powerful thing. But it can leave little space for the creative ideas that are waiting to bubble up.
Watering the Desert: Reflections as Distortions
Reflections of the vast brown Chihuahuan desert that surrounds a vivid green church in a tiny Mexican village are distorted by more than sundown.
Reflections: Like a Mirror Unto the Soul
Reflections are easily found in nature. Reflections upon oneself, within one’s soul: not so easily found, nor done.
Pi in the Sky Writing
Look up. You can retrain your eyes to shoot above and beyond and indulge in some sky writing.
You Are a Fountain of Ideas
You are an inexhaustible fountain of ideas. If you don’t believe it, find some inspiration among writers writing on writing.
Meet the Beetles
A closeup photograph can offer you an inside look at your subject’s true meaning.
To Dive Inside a Pistachio Dream
If you dream in green and ice cream, you may want to dive inside a pistachio-colored booth at Austin’s Amy’s Ice Cream.
Where Inspiration Comes From
There’s no need to make the creative process into a big mystery to outsiders, or even yourself. It all comes from your influences.
Why It’s Called Social Sharing
You won’t be noticed, much less discovered—there is too much competition from the entire global community for your one little drop in the big web bucket to get found. Instead, start local, where your roots are.
How to Deal With the Loneliness of Creativity
“Creativity is Essentially a Lonely Art . . . An Even Lonelier Struggle” – Lou Dorfsman
Perspective from a Wildflower’s Vantage Point
From a Texas Hill Country wildflower’s vantage point, March means spring is in the near-distance and it’s gettin’ on time to bust out.
Cause and Effect in Two Photos
Cause and Effect in Two Colorful Photos.
