Discernment is at the heart of the creative process and changes the quality of our images. No longer limited by seeing conceptually, opens the opportunity for direct visual expressions that are fresh and authentic.
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Contemplative Photography As Improvisation
Fulfillment and Photography
The author talks about how one can access and facilitate the process of creativity when one has forgotten how to be creative. He outlines how Zen meditation practice (zazen) can rekindle one’s inherent creativity and how it can be applied to photography. Engaging in this process adds richness not only to one’s images but to one’s life as well/
The Formless in Photography
The Picture Is Taken Before You Take It
Perceiving directly happens prior to any conceptualization by oneself, prior to any deliberate photographic action. One could say the picture is taken before you take it. We take for granted that it is the I or you who takes the picture. By identifying with the attitude of a hunter in pursuit of images we build a fence around …