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Month: March 2020

Digital Sharecropping
Photo essay / Mar 5, 2020

SOCIAL MEDIA SLAVERY

Working without pay — isn’t that slavery? If Facebook/Instagram (or any social media platform) is making money off your labor, isn’t that slavery?

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selfie clouds low angle
Photo essay / Mar 5, 2020

HIGH KEY VS LOW KEY

When is it good to be high-key, and when is it good to be low-key? My thought: become the ultimate hybrid of high-key and low-key.

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Alexander the Great
Photo essay / Mar 5, 2020

EGO IS GOOD.

We are often told that ego is evil, and ego is bad. To be ‘egotistical’ means: You are too into yourself and not concerned with the well-being of others. Thus, you are a contemptible …

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Photo essay / Mar 5, 2020

TRAINING

Anything (and everything) in life can be achieved with enough time and training:

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selfie tree
Photo essay / Mar 5, 2020

STREAM ON!

Life is a stream of becoming. The point ain’t to make perfect things, it is to keep on streaming (until you die at age 120!)

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selfie stars
Photo essay / Mar 5, 2020

CREATIVE DESTRUCTION

To destroy is also a creative act. Consider the joy of children — bulldozing buildings, Godzilla on cities, etc:

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hercules
Photo essay / Mar 4, 2020

My Philosophy on Masculinity

Stoicism: Don’t be petty. Physical grandeur: Gain muscle mass, physical strength (one rep max in powerlifting), and reduce body fat. Eat tons of meat. Don’t bully others to augment your own self-esteem. Self-contained ego-aggrandizement …

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iPhone pro selfie
Photo essay / Mar 4, 2020

5 Photography Motivation and Inspiration Tips

Practical ideas to re-kick-start your passion for photography: Shoot JPEG (smaller file sizes). Shoot black and white Shoot selfies (you cannot deny yourself) Don’t shoot any category (defy all categories, or create your own …

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iPad Pro create
Photo essay / Mar 4, 2020

CREATORISM

Creatorism: a new idea. The anti-consumerism. The basic notion is this: To derive the maximal joy from existence, optimize your life for CREATION! That means, create much. Make a lot of stuff. Anti-perfectionism. More …

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Photo essay / Mar 4, 2020

VIDEOS BY KIM (Volume 1)

New batch of videos (open source and free download): Downloads: 4gb (all videos in zip) All audio (ZIP) – 49MB Google Drive: 1080p Videos Audio See more on YouTube >

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Eyes abstract
Photo essay / Mar 3, 2020

Work-Life Integration

It ain’t about work-life balance, but work-life integration. My work is my pleasure and passion, and my life is my work. The two are yin-yang and inseparable. Is this the key to the most …

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back muscle flex eric kim
Photo essay / Mar 3, 2020

Possible or Optimal?

Something I think about: Discovering new methods in life which proves certain POSSIBILITIES. And also, something I think about: What is more important, striving towards new possibilities or what is “optimal” or best?

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selfie head on
Photo essay / Mar 3, 2020

Just Share Your Own Opinion

Don’t strive to criticize, change, or critique others. Instead, strive to formulate your own opinions, and share them with others! Share your own opinion without censoring yourself. Strive to reach your ideal followers.

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selfie low angle
Photo essay / Mar 3, 2020

Who Are Your Ideal Followers?

A thought on success: Don’t strive to accumulate trillions of followers for the sake of it. Instead, strive to accumulate your IDEAL followers. What is an ideal follower of yours? Let me share:

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selfie
Photo essay / Mar 3, 2020

Pure.

Strive towards artistic purity. That means, do it purely for yourself. Strive to master your own art, for yourself, with disregard for others.

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selfie
Photo essay / Mar 3, 2020

WHAT IS HOLDING YOU BACK?

Something I think about a lot: What is truly holding us back? Is it lack of time? Lack of resources? Lack of ideas and inspiration/motivation? Lack of money? Lack of intelligence? Lack of courage? …

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Photo essay / Mar 3, 2020

How I Work

I’ve always been curious how others work. I cannot speak for others, but let me invite you into my mind and my personal creative working process:

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selfie
Photo essay / Mar 3, 2020

Creative Productivity

When we think of ‘creativity’, we often think of being “creatively original”. However, a better definition of creativity is ‘propensity to create’, or “the tendency to create (a lot) of stuff”. So why this …

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Photo essay / Mar 2, 2020

MONSTER CHILD

The super human: synthesis of monster and child? Sweet, naive, open minded, curious, and friendly like a child but also having the ability to turn into a monster, a beast, and a chaos?

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Photo essay / Mar 1, 2020

Philosophy of Black and White

All black clothing, but white skin. Black cars with white accents, or white cars with black accents. Black and white photos or black ink on white paper. What mysteries can black and white uncover?

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