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The best meditation is one you actually do

To dwell more on the good, bring a camera. It helps your mind unconsciously look for ways to use photography as meditation.

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Frost on Fallen Leaf Veins

I caught the pattern of veins and frost crystals on this leaf in the nick of time!

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How to know when you are working hard enough creatively

How do you know when you are pushing yourself enough creatively? When you stick with it until you are creating at your limits.

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Creative challenges: vision and small steps

Sometimes small challenges add up, and rather than letting these little roadblocks stymie us, we need to find ways to move past them without wasting too much effort. This applies in creativity, productivity, and problem-solving just as much as on the literal trail, but we can struggle to do metaphorically what we do on the trail without a second thought. In small steps.

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Seek perspective before consensus, permission or approval

Seek perspective before you seek consensus, permission, or approval, but don’t disregard that input from your communities.

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8 reasons to create even when you don’t feel like it

Creating even when you don’t feel like it is key to developing sensitivity and technical mastery

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Threats to fine art images and re-learning to see

Fine art images invite you to meditate on the good. It is easier to improve at making them if I have a degree of calm and humility. If I could forget myself, that would be divine, but meanwhile, I can become smaller and better at noticing what .

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How I am getting creatively unstuck

This is the picture that restarted it all. It is vital for me to point out that it isn’t perfect, but it marks the moment that I realized I wanted to be more intentional and consistent about taking pictures… this one rekindled the love of photography!

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Which do you like? 2020’s best images according to IG

Which photo is your favorite? Here’s what Instagram said.