Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George Lottermoser wrote: >>> 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. <<< What George wrote, except that I wouldn't be nearly as eloquent about it. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web