"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."

- Dr. Seuss

Olé to you nonetheless

If your job is to dance, do your dance. If the divine, cockeyed genius assigned to your case decides to let some sort of wonderment be glimpsed, for just one moment through your efforts, then "Ole!" And if not, do your dance anyhow. And "Ole!" to you, nonetheless. I believe this and I feel that we must teach it. "Ole!" to you, nonetheless, just for having the sheer human love and stubbornness to keep showing up.

- Elizabeth Gilbert


http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html

A Reminder

"We live at the edge of the miraculous."

- Henry Miller

yes.

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.

-Lucille Ball

Hmmm

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way.
An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

-Charles Bukowski

Great quote

“I’ve shot a lot more bad pictures than I’ll ever shoot good ones. I’m quite comfortable admitting this. I have always been compelled by my time behind the camera, my love of actually shooting, no matter if I win, lose, or draw. And boy do I lose a bunch of the time. Every shooter does. The ones who tell you they are always knockin’ on heaven’s door when they take a camera in hand are bullshittin’ ya blind.

We all shoot bad stuff, good stuff, in between stuff. It’s the stuff of the photographic life. Failure is part of it. No shame there. If we knock it back all the time, or feel like we do so, then we’re not trying. "

- Joe McNally, internationally acclaimed photographer and long-time photojournalist