tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9493601.post2653478961774513351..comments2024-01-11T15:12:49.433-05:00Comments on Tao of Photography by Andy Ilachinski: Aftermath of Inactivity as a Probe Into the Creative ProcessAndy Ilachinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14572501787099507666noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9493601.post-62491567868417630932011-10-24T18:48:20.976-05:002011-10-24T18:48:20.976-05:00(sorry for the typo)
What I ment to say was.... Th...(sorry for the typo)<br />What I ment to say was.... The last line of this post is perfect...<br /><br />Peace, JohnAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05573001291542238450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9493601.post-12716096790672682902011-10-24T11:35:39.414-05:002011-10-24T11:35:39.414-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05573001291542238450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9493601.post-44433620120281402002011-10-22T00:48:15.982-05:002011-10-22T00:48:15.982-05:00I too have had a number of periods of photographic...I too have had a number of periods of photographic inactivity over the years. Each time it has lead to a change in my photographic style and while I too have philosophised about it I have come to a slightly different conclusion.<br /><br />Earlier this year I went through a period of 4-5 months while I was looking after my dying father and within a few days of his passing I picked up my camera and felt strangely shy about it. Interestingly I found myself looking and seeing and shooting differently. There are more people in my shots now, my seeing gravitates more towards faces now, I've become fascinated by busy streets and by contrasts. It's tempting to relate this back to my recent loss and to think in terms of something it might say about me but I dare say that such thoughts may just be a mind trick; that seemingly built-in need we have to create some tenuous bridge between future effects and past causes. I say 'mind trick' because it seems that the mind is determined to make us take life personally but maybe, just maybe, there's nothing personal about it.<br /><br />Photography, over the years, has created a heightened cognition of internal thoughts and feelings and subsequently, a re-cognition of their true nature. I wrote about this in my last post on my blog and if I may be so bold as to quote myself, this recognition is "like a realization that I do not need to take any of it personally. I do not <i>make</i> the photograph, I am not <i>in</i> the photograph, I <i>am</i>, the photograph."<br /><br />Of course such ideas will vex the ego into a fit of outrage but the ego is quite likely just a sleight of hand by the mind to prevent us seeing the ruse and to keep us in the illusion.<br /><br />Now I am back into a period of photographic inactivity as I have injured my right hand and cannot use it for anything for the next couple of months. I can only wonder what I will be shooting when and if I pick up a camera again. Whatever happens, all I know is that it will say less about this story called Cedric and more about the picture, the BIG picture we like to call Life.Cedrichttp://aplop.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9493601.post-87793370610265970882011-10-17T21:29:36.278-05:002011-10-17T21:29:36.278-05:00good to see you backgood to see you backAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546202979934858359noreply@blogger.com