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You have to every day of your lives be ready to hear what whispers in your ear

- Steven Spielberg

i didn’t think too much about these (or at all) when i shot them, and just threw all of the clips on a timeline with the same basic filter settings.. though this does have a nice, peaceful feel to it.. this could be my best work yet

The only way to win the game is to quit competing.

It’s a curious time. The past couple of weeks or so I’ve been wondering about it more. What am I doing? And what am I doing with my artwork? Why all the experimentation? What am I chasing after? It seemed that I wasn’t getting any happier by chasing after more and more perspectives and technical capabilities. In the moment, it might be interesting to see what the new technique looked like and it’d feel good to know I succeeded in [...]

i discovered the cinemagraph concept earlier today.. went to the park to shoot some though looks like too much was moving to make one like i first wanted [without tons of extra photoshop work]..

this took a little longer to launch and after the first flight i saw the camera was off when it landed, so had to relaunch to create the time-lapse movie, though I had another successful flight with 1000 feet of line.. I estimate the maximum altitude was close to 900 feet above ground a few times when the winds lifted the kite higher.. you can see Honeymoon Island and Caladesi Island in the distance, and hints of the Bayside Bridge [...]

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

- Anaïs Nin

Once we each become very clear on our own individual purposes/directions, and only then, can we truly create something together from a much more powerful place.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

- Marcus Aurelius

To my friends in Florida: I'm gonna be leaving town in a week.. lemme know if ya want to meet up. You're also welcome to join me at a free paddleboard lesson and demo tomorrow morning if you're interested.

interesting to come across this as I’m beginning to look at why I’ve been experimenting with photography lately..

billygallery.com/howartworks

from A Glimpse Into How the Art World Works on PetaPixel:

Here’s an interesting 12-minute video that offers one explanation into how the world of art works. Even if you don’t agree with the philosophy and worldview described in the video, it’s still an eye-opening tour of the different things that influence and power the mysterious world of art.

wow, I wonder if I’ve gone insane :)

[or is it really that crazy how different perspectives can be?]

almost gave up trying to launch the kite and decided to try one more time.. it got up fairly quickly after that and then was pulling pretty hard and a little work to get back down!

is it a talent or a flaw to naturally reflect back to the world [someone] what they’re being [in an exaggerated state]?

life is about letting go enough that you remember how to hang on

The best way to be original is to be yourself

- Paulo Coelho

I’ve been wondering how can I step out of the game, and help others do the same. So many people are trapped by the constraints of society. The control put on from the few who think they’re above that set the rules and create elaborate systems to win at their own game while others lose. Perhaps the solution is to step outside of the whole money game, and to create a society where everything is traded, or better yet, shared. [...]

perhaps the art is about the battle between the ego and the soul. perhaps that’s why man and nature have been there all along in the work. the underlying message was a documentation of my own journey between the mind and the heart. i can choose one, then the other after i get bored with the first, then back again as i grow bored again. maybe it’s about being out of balance. bouncing from one extreme to the other, as a means to satisfy some sort of missing component. as a mean to satisfy a loss. a loss of balance. perhaps? perhaps not? perhaps a bit? who is to know? we can only observe life as it unfolds.

  [notes about a new project idea i just thought of] artists, life, and growing up exploring where we once were, and how our paths have greatly changed since then what happened along the way? what led us to where we are now? are we happy with our new lives? did we let life get in the way of our art-making? are we holding on to regrets, or cherishing the new journey? the interviewing artists series [previous and current] [also [...]

Creativity is not a talent; it is a way of operating

first thought today as I decide to hop out of bed: I am grateful for being me!

my sister and I went to John Chestnut Park to fly kites.. the old kite we found sitting in the garage didn’t work too well, though I was able to get some nice shots over the trees with my levitation delta kite.. it’s amazing to look at the world from new perspectives. from above, the trees coming out of the earth start to look like they are all one large living organism. [the tops of the trees look like like [...]