johnastovall
Deceased, but remembered fondly here...
How about winning the Lotto? Money won't buy happiness but it will buy time and places.
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I would like to aquire more ...Clarification: Let's assume that time, imagination, experience etc. are all NOT "things" that can be acquired, at least not in one lump. It goes without saying that we all would like more of those.
And I've got a question for those who responded that their work would be improved by opportunity (publication, exhibition, etc.): If your work is lousy, how will the opportunity to inflict it on other people make it better?
(This is not a snarky question; I've actually got my own answer to it, I just want to see if the other people's answer is the same as mine would be.)
"Es ist noch kein Meister vom Himmel gefallen"To quote the Germans:
Uben macht perfekt
and
Ubung macht den Meister
Ahhh the Simpson Desert... I happened to cross when there was a full bloom, just billions of yellow and white flowers covering the landscape. Surreal. And would never have happended if I didn't give myself TIME to spend a year in Australia.Having TIME - everything else follows for me, be it taking a week off to do a workshop with Joel Meyerowitz in NY, or driving into the Simpson Desert in the middle of Australia, learning and being there..it is about having the TIME for me.
psaw - load of old bollocks. Getting noticed might be ninety nine percent perspiration, but genius certainly isn't."Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration"
There are lots more quotations about this sort of thing -- your first 10k pix are the worst -- I've not failed, found 10k ways that don't work -- and so on.load of old bollocks.
Sadly, it's something one has, or hasn't
I think I already said about hard work and recognition . . call it greatness if you like.There are lots more quotations about this sort of thing -- your first 10k pix are the worst -- I've not failed, found 10k ways that don't work -- and so on.
I think that we have the same -- or a very similar -- problem; but I also think tthat 'natural genius' is a very overdone concept. All the evidence suggests that while there are people with inherent talent at doing things, still they achive greatness through hard work and practice. And those of us who don't have this 'natural' talent can achive through work -- and anyway, what is so 'natural' about photography? -- music I could understand, but not turning a 3D world into, say, a 2D black and white one.
:ROTFL:p.s.Jono if you think music and photography are the same it could explain why youre photos are a little flat(big smile)
Didn't express myself well enough; I meant that some people seem to be born with perfect pitch, and others like me are tone deaf; there doesn't seem to be much I can do about it -- so, for some people, musical composition and appreciation is much easier -- easier to become a genius.I don't agree with you about the distinction between music and photography - isn't it just music for the eyes rather than the ears?