Mark Marano

is putting together a photo/creative studio.. here are my responses to some of the background info questions for the team bio pages on the upcoming website.. [may need some revision, wasn't quite feeling the answers] • Background history on your work/services (3-4 paragraphs are fine) mark marano explores all aspects of creativity and technicality. as a lens-based artist, he has extensive experience in researching and developing many photographic techniques. he also is highly skilled in designing and developing logical and [...]

So what exactly are creative and technical services, one might ask? I assist others in implementing their ideas. I also assist others in defining their concepts. I work in all aspects of creativity, from drawing out schematics/diagrams/charts/etc to better visualize the various components, to doing the research and development to ensure the technique or concept being explored will function as desired. I can do either the preliminary layout and construction, or work through the whole project until the end. I [...]

It’s exciting to be creative and to be me! The adventure has barely begun.. Feel the energy surging through you as you align with your creative purpose! It’s exhilirating when you show up!

To impress or to make an impression? What is it that I really seek/choose? Which self do I listen to?

That’s all we get sometimes. As we grow, we learn to discern those that resonate with us more than others. Some parts make sense, while other parts are completely off. We learn to take the pieces that are most helpful to us in the moment and integrate those. Perhaps the other parts will help us at another point along the journey. Perhaps some of the other pieces will never help us as they were never intended to do so. Perhaps [...]

Why do I do what I do? It’s for those who desire to understand. Yes, quite limiting to live up to the expectations of others, isn’t it? Then why? I suppose I created that as something that was important. I wanted others to understand. Part of me probably still desires that. [just as I attempt to write this.. the feeling I had has faded away, yet I still try to capture it and write it down / type it.. must [...]

Show up. It’s what you came here for.

the message was always there.. [did they recognize it?]

is that even a question one can ask? mark marano is a role i choose to play. the true I, the I that I truly am, is without definition. mark marano is how i interact with the world. others come to know various parts of mark marano, though few, if any [in current form], will ever know who I truly am. I am that which lives through mark marano. I am the one who chooses what mark marano will be, [...]

Ever have an encounter so odd that you question whether or not it really happened in reality? Awareness can be a funny thing. Apparently, I really do create it all.