Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree that a quest for originality, like a holy grail, for its own sake, will drive one crazy. Yet, I believe Walt's simple "pick a niche and dig in" will get to one's inherent, unavoidable "originality." The niche of choice may be: subject, style, form, content; genre; or any combination of them; or ripping off existing work mercilessly I suppose. It's the digging in that's important; hours every day - working the axe and listening to the tones - writing the words on paper and seeing what they say - pointing the camera at something and seeing what something looks like - pounding the clay into some kind of shape over and over and over again that's what gets to the heart of the matter. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On May 18, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Walt I tell people starting out that this quest for everlasting > originality > will just drive you crazy immobilizing you. > The best way to get things rolling is to pick out your favorite > shooter and > rip them off mercilessly in every which way you can. > - you're not going to have the ability to pull it off anyway at > least at > first.. - no one know which template you are using. > In other words its nice to have a concept. > Beats not having one. > > Originality was never what it was cracked up to me; > It's way over done. > > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist