“Creative people are curious, flexible, persistent, and independent with a tremendous spirit of adventure and a love of play.” - Henri...

“Ah, world, what lessons you prepare for us, / even in the leafless winter, / even in the ashy city. / I am thinking now / of grief, and...

"...the purpose of life is to give voice to our astonishments." - Annie Dillard Despite my early years of living with my family in...

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” ― Brene Brown I once read an interview of a photographer...

“Don’t try to be an artist. Find the thing within you that needs to be expressed. You might find it is art.” – Duane Michals. A common...

"And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world” – John Steinbeck...

“I think what I’m trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived...

“You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever...

"Sing like the birds’ sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.” –Rumi As I mentioned I was inspired by listening to the...

"Don’t let the noise of others’ opinion drown out your own inner voice.” –Steve Jobs I recently listened to an interview of artist Susan...

"Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand this too, is a gift.” –Mary Oliver With photography,...

"Growth is uncomfortable because you’ve never been here before and you’ve never seen this version of you. So give yourself a little grace...

“The camera is first a means of self-discovery and a means of self growth. The artist has one thing to say – himself”. – Minor White I...

“Practice makes comfort. Expand your experiences regularly so every stretch won’t feel like your first”. – Gina Greenlee I like to shake...

“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy” -- Rumi I don’t feel well when I am not being creative. I love...

“In practicing meditation, we’re not trying to live up to some kind of ideal – quite the opposite, we’re just being with our experience,...

“I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep art of the well and...

“In my mind’s eye, I visualize how a particular… sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it...

It’s not that I am so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. – Albert Einstein Over the years, I have come to realize it...

I am forever chasing light. Light turns the ordinary into magical. – Trent Parke Understanding light is crucial in photography. It is the...