Archive of 2006 April

Creativity and Fear

Creativity and Fear

A quote from Seth Godin: The enemy of creativity is fear… In the long run, the enemy of fear is creativity. I’m sure of it. I disagree. The relationship between…  read more

April 21, 2006  |  31 Comments    

Art and Patience

Art and Patience

I love this quote from Art and Fear, a book by David Bayles and Ted Orland: The function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you…  read more

April 13, 2006  |  Add your Comment    

Feynman on the beauty of a flower

Feynman on the beauty of a flower

This video clip shows Richard Feynman, the famous physicist, recalling a conversation he had with an artist about appreciating the beauty of a flower. His friend had a typically narrow…  read more

April 12, 2006  |  Add your Comment    

Digital is easy

Digital is easy

In his blog, The Online Photographer, Mike Johnston commented that only a small percentage of auction house sales of contemporary prints were made digitally. In response, someone called Photo-essayist snarkily…  read more

April 07, 2006  |  Add your Comment