In Praise of Small File Sizes
When in doubt, go smaller file sizes. More megapixels, more problems
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 — treat it as a stimulus to growth You cannot achieve the epic without epic pains You cannot achieve the epic without…
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, if heaven/hell doesn’t exist, and an afterlife doesn’t exist– then what? What is the point of living? How can we live…
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 to conquer and eat Treat everyday like it were your last You were born with an epic task in life, you…
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. JUGGERNAUT Don’t think of what you lack or don’t got Just don’t stop — keep pushing forward ahead Breaking through walls…
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:
To strive to MAX OUT everyday.
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 better to aim for the insanely epic and audacious, instead of settling for the boring and basic? For example: With life,…
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?
Theory — the origin of productivity is from the body, muscles, and the desire to manifest, express, gather, share, and produce more (bodily) power.
You don’t need permission from anyone to call yourself a photographer. If your passion is to make images, assert yourself as a photographer!
Lifting weights is boring when the weight is too light. Lifting weights is only fun when it is challenging, difficult, but still “achievable”. A thought: Is the best life in which you are seeking the MOST DIFFICULT and hard challenges, and striving with all your might to overcome those challenges?
To be happier, do more of of what you love and care for:
Our desire to impact more is the driving human force we have to keep on living!
What do we really want? We want to maximize our individual ability to impact, change, and affect others and the world.
If you want to make an epic impact in the world, make a blog and start blogging!
Life— in order to achieve epic things, these epic things will require epic effort, which will probably be accompanied by epic pain. Consider the joy of life, but the epic pain of childbirth. Perhaps an artist who makes art works should also experience a similar pain of childbirth? Not pain for the sake of pain.…
Before you die, think about this— Not what you’ve bought or purchased in your life, but what you’re accomplished.
The trillion dollar question: How should we live our lives? What is the best life? Let me share some honest thoughts:
It seems all of us want more energy to do more stuff. But what does this really mean? What is ‘energy’ from a physiological human-metabolism perspective? What does it mean to have “more energy”, and can we augment our human energy? And even if we have more energy — towards which ends do we desire…
When should we ask for feedback? When shouldn’t we ask for feedback? Why do we ask for feedback, towards what end?
The hunger and the overwhelming desire to see manifest in the world what you desire to see manifested in the world!
My critique of Google: how sneaky it feels. How it desires to “nudge” you in a certain way; seeming like some friend, but actually an insanely addictive algorithm which gives you exactly what you want (like a rat and pez dispenser of cocaine). Not only that, but Google as an unaesthetic advertising platform. Of course…
Your life is short and uncertain. The question is: What do I consider my supreme life task — a life task I consider worthy of myself?
One of my favorite films is the movie 300, based on the graphic comic novel (300) by Frank Miller. Reading the comic and studying the compositions, I am BLOWN AWAY! I am so inspired. Let me share some thoughts:
Why I cannot bear to see a decline in myself:
How I’m so creatively productive:
A funny essay I wanted to write— detailing my philosophy behind why I eat what I eat, and towards what ends.
“You was who you was before you got here.” – JAY Z The basic notion is this: you don’t strive to become someone else. You strive to become purely yourself.
An ambitious goal inspired by Horace: Striving to make photos more enduring and lasting than bronze!
Something I was very curious when I started photography: Could I turn my passion of photography into a living? Truth be told, when I was in college I didn’t think it would be possible. Thus I started this blog for fun, and to just share my thoughts. But nearly a decade+ later, I’ve made racks…
No aim towards finality or a final destination. Instead, strive to ENJOY the process of “becoming” — becoming MORE!
How do you self-identify yourself? If you share your photos online, you’re a photography entrepreneur.
How do you know what you should create or make? Simple: Create for yourself. Meaning — think of yourself as your own ideal consumer of your own creations.
Nowadays there is too much focus and faith on metaphysics (things beyond the physical world, notions like “good” and “evil) and almost no focus on the physical. Why so much obsession with metaphysics? My thought: we humans all want to become superhuman, or mini-god-deities. We want to transcend the physical realm — we don’t like…
Something I haven’t seen philosophers (besides Nietzsche) talk about: the philosophy of physiology. Let me make an attempt to construct my personal philosophers about physiology:
How to optimize and maximize your creative power:
Allow me to re-introduce myself. My name is ERIC KIM and I have devoted my life to photography. Why? Let me share:
I am convinced: street photography is the supreme form of photography. Also — photography as the most interesting and noble form of art-creation for us visual-artists/streettogs: