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A thought: Perhaps life is more interesting and enjoyable when we strive towards infinite gains, in a slow and steady manner. For example when it comes to powerlifting, I love the idea that as …
A good way to live life: Simply avoid being a sucker (however you define this for yourself). For example, when it comes to economic matters or purchasing decisions– don’t get suckered. Don’t get suckered …
Share YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR IDEAS, use the word “I” more often.
Who are the best people to surround yourself with? Your equals.
Don’t let others lord over you; lord over yourself!
Media and entertainment is good when it empowers and motivates us to do stuff. Entertainment and media is bad when it pacifies us.
Creating is good for ourselves, our ego, and our sense of changing and altering the world. Creating as the ultimate joy!
If you want to achieve your most epic self, you MUST become self-employed.
How strong can you become? Test your own strengths as a point of personal curiosity for yourself.
Don’t let anyone talk down on you, or discourage you from attempting your own epic life goals:
For more joy, create more!
This Taoist notion that I follow and love: Never do anything that your body, gut, or instinct doesn’t do intuitively. This means, more faith in yourself, your instincts, and your own animal like predilections …
Striving for perfection is paralyzing. Better to produce and make a lot (quantity) rather than aim for ‘quality’.
I’m so motivated because I’m in hyper-health, physiologically thriving, through powerlifting and sleeping a lot, through intermittent fasting, and eating lots of meat. Also, the child-like curiosity in creating new things!
Creativity isn’t this superpower you’re born with (or not). Creativity is having the DESIRE or the motivation to CREATE and make stuff! Also, creativity is something which can be trained (like our muscles)!
To conquer photography, we must kill all prior notions of photography, and declare to ourselves: I shall become the most epic photographer of all-time, and build up all my creative/visual faculties to the maximum!
The future of art and philosophy: photography.
What is the best camera? Currently it is the RICOH GR III, then probably iPhone Pro. Let me explain:
“Unless you expect the unexpected, you will not find it, for it is hidden and thickly tangled.†– Heraclitus This is what makes street photography so fun — discovering compositions which are hidden — …
An image is something you see. An idea is also based on the notion “to seeâ€. Thus as a photographer, you’re both an image maker AND an idea maker.
Sad thing — I’ve seen a lot of street photographers come and go. It seems they’ve run out of inspiration or motivated. Here is what has been my secret to keep going!
Better to be misunderstood than understood. People who aren’t easy to read are more interesting?
Epic attempts are more interesting than how much you can ultimately lift or do.
My thought: To maximize your impact and change in the world, embrace MAXIMUM SELFISHNESS, and barbell ‘maximum altruism’ on the other end.
What is the best life? The life of the maximal self-independence, and maximal self-augmentation.
My thought: In life, we always want to feel that our power, influence, and strength is ASCENDING. It brings us great dismay when we feel our power is descending.
There are no ultimate morals or ethics in street photography:
In order to MAXIMIZE your productivity, you must SIMPLIFY your life to the maximum as well!
The point of simplifying your life isn’t in order to become a more ‘virtuous’ person. To simplify your life is a highly pragmatic matter: The more you simplify your life, the more you can …
Practical tips on how to become a more productive artist and creator:
To blog, vlog, and log yourself on the internet — To share your stream of constantly becoming with others.
To photograph yourself means: Select a certain aesthetic to convey your personal aesthetic tastes, moods, or attitude towards life. Only photograph what you consider beautiful. Or if you want to photograph what you consider …
There is the saying “You are what you eat” which means: If you consume nutritious foods, you shall become powerful. If you consume bad foods, you shall become weak and fat. Perhaps we can …
What is the worst thing holding us back? This obsession for views, likes, and followers. To truly thrive as a photographer and visual artist, you must learn to DISDAIN views, likes, and followers.
My thought: The perfect conditions of existence is the optimal circumstances you need to maximize your artistic and philosophical output.
Notions of “cheating†or “unfairness†are only problems or issues if you’re competing with others. A thought — perhaps it is better to live a life that is ANTI competition? You are only competing …
I am a pessimistic optimist— I love and accept all the cruelty, tragedy, and unfairness in the world, yet I am optimistic about our individual ability to change ourselves and change the world.
Apparently there is a saying in Chinese: Health begins from your feet upwards. Which made me think: The source of all photography begins in your feet!
A new aesthetic — black and red (beyond black and white):
The best person or group to conquer? Yourself.
The upside of becoming yourself: Increased joy, self confidence, and motivation to live!
I love black and white because: Black and white SIMPLIFIES your compositions Black and white is challenging: A ‘creative constraint’ of monochrome is interesting because it begs the question, “How can you make an …
The great thing about having a unique perspective: Nobody can refute your perspective as being ‘right’ or ‘wrong’. All perspectives are subjective — the great liberating thought!
Your goal in life, not to become anyone else, but become MORE YOU!
Anti-perfection in life:
What lies latent within you? What hidden powers do you have, that you haven’t discovered yet, or let out yet?
Why this cult of productivity? My theory– we want to become more productive (in order to make more money), in order to gain our personal freedom in life.
When in doubt, go smaller file sizes. More megapixels, more problems
The best power? Not power over others– but power over yourself. To control yourself, and to exploit yourself and your inner-powers to the maximum.
STEEL SPINE Your soul divine Encased within your shell STEEL SPINE Your strength is over Whelming with force and faith. STEEL SPINE No point to whine and complain Better to take the pain — …
Nihilism: the philosophy that nothing is worth pursuing in life, because life and existence has no meaning. Note this happens most often to intelligent atheists. Let us consider– if God (or gods) don’t exist, …
There are a trillion books on how to write poetry — but how few people actually write about why write poetry? Some of my personal thoughts:
You’s a monster You’re a beast More superhuman than you think. You’re a monster You’re a beast Feast your eyes on the joy of existence; Dionysian joy, reality is your toy. MONSTER You’re born …
JUGGERNAUT Become the argonaut of your own ideal Push ixion’s wheel forward, not back Sisyphus don’t even got a chance. JUGGERNAUT Nothing can get in your way Stream forward; force always finds a way. …
The problem with much of modern philosophy: We strive to live a maximally painless life. But is this truly a noble goal?
Leave others alone; tolerate their behavior and way of living!
To discover more motivation in life, FIRST MOVE, then get inspired.
Don’t become a prisoner of a single genre!
Perhaps in order to maximize your altruism, you must also maximize your selfishness:
Don’t strive to live a painless life. Instead, strive to seek the GOOD PAIN — pain which shows and signals that you’re growing!
“You was who you was before you got here.” – JAY Z What is your goal and mission in life? To become MORE of yourself.
Striving for perfect is bad.
Why is Tesla so great? Because all the other car companies are so basic, boring, and the same. Which makes me wonder — With life, entrepreneurship, and any pursuits in life — isn’t it …
I’ve been on a roll shooting a lot lately! Some ideas which has inspired and motivated me:
In praise of extreme selfishness for “the greater good” of humanity:
Why do I live? Why do I wakeup everyday? What pushes me? What drives me? Why do I do what I do, and why am I so excited to (continue) living?