Month: October 2021

Isn’t the best way to live life to think — Everything happened for the best. Not “everything happens for a reason”, but further: All the “bad” things that happened to me indeed made me stronger, wiser and superior.

Perhaps when it comes to matters of life, lifestyle, fitness, health, food/diet and nutrition and productivity, think to yourself: Is this thing I want to do, or this thing I desire to consume *BETTER* for my health, or *worse* for my health?

Your body as the ultimate design (towards human design focus):

A thought: When in doubt, optimize for control over convenience. Perhaps is this a reason to be anti-Facebook/Instagram, anti-Google?

What type of photography is most noble? The type of photos which have personal significance to you. For me, photos of Seneca, photos of Cindy. Photos of myself. Photos of society, and street photography (street portraits).

Not ‘be’ all that you can be. But to *BECOME* all that you can be — through your effort, industry, and courage.

A funny thought while sorting our my laundry today: I take out the one black merino wool shirt I have in my drawer, a ‘less desirable’ Minus 33-branded merino wool black t-shirt (as opposed to my collection of Outlier.nyc t-shirts which are far superior). Then the thought: Actually, after having the best (Outlier.nyc merino wool…

Pain is useful, because it tells us what to do and what not to do. Then the goal isn’t to get rid of pain for the sake of pain, but rather, to distinguish the types of good pain from the bad ones. Trying to better interpret pain in our body as wisdom.

I find it hugely hypocritical and contradictory when people criticize Amazon and their business practices, when they themselves have an Amazon prime account and membership. Nobody could doubt that Amazon, especially “free” one and two day shipping, has hugely improved our lives.

It seems our end goal and desire is lofty thoughts. That is, we desire to use our superfluous sense of well-being, happiness and strength, in order to think and see above and beyond ourselves. Perhaps also becoming more farsighted in human society and history.

What is the hyper blogger? Simple: The hyper blogger as someone who always shares what’s on their mind, and always hyper-links it (connects) it with other things. For example, cross pollinating it with past thoughts on their blog. To add and enhance their thoughts with media– photos, poetry, audio, videos, etc.

Nietzsche had a quote saying something like: The reason why we beautify our homes and go to beautiful places like Italy, etc is to remove vulgarity from our eyes, to make space for our soul’s nobility. But — towards what ends? My thought: We desire to remove vulgarity from our eyes *in order to* think…

ERIC KIM NEWS Dear friends, What is the purpose of an artist or photographer? To make (new) photos. So how do we actually do this?

A riff from the buy books not gear motto: When you desire to buy a new camera, because you are hungry for inspiration … just buy a photo book instead to scratch that itch.

A new territory I’m experimenting in discovering with is parenting philosophy. That is, how should one raise one’s child?

I want to become the first photographer to do a good suburb street photography project:

Use this information to iterate, and change/improve and do differently next time.

A thought with the new cinematic mode on iPhone and just the trend towards YouTube and film/cinema streaming services: Invest in cinema. For example, the new LUMIX S cameras or micro 4/3rds cameras for vlogging or cinema. 24fps or 60fps, and 4k or even 5k. Ironically enough in 2021 and beyond, MORE people are watching…

If you want a photo idea: just go on a hike and bring your camera along.

Move weight. I move photos. The motivational photographer as someone who makes and moves photos. And motivates other photographers to move their bodies more and make more photos.

One rep max. No need to do more than one repetition of any workout?

The reason why notions of improvement in self improvement are good as this: the tells us that we can grow, evolve, and become stronger. In a world where you cannot improve, you have no free will and you are destined to the fates. Then, improvement in our photography seems to be the goal. But what…

When it comes to investing, why do we feel like we need to make prudent monetary investments towards the future? The problem with investing towards the future is this: the future is uncertain, but your present today self is certain. I say that the best investing is self investing towards yourself with a more definite…

Every time you make a new photo, you are innovating in your photography. Then the goal is for you to keep innovating by making new photos.

Let us not be fooled: social media is the matrix. If you desire more happiness, productivity, well-being and power, you must unplug yourself from the social media matrix. A simple and modest step: delete your Instagram. Stop listening to podcasts because it will crowd out your own unique thoughts. Better to listen to music than…

One of the best ways to improve your photographic composition is to sketch them. A simple way to do this on your iPhone or iPad is this: when you see a photo you like, screenshot it then draw on top of it.

Nieztsche talks about the “grand style” in art and aesthetics. I’m not quite sure what that is, but I know the notion of style is very important to me. Why? Style as a stamp of you.

ERIC KIM NEWSLETTER > Dear friend, If you upload your photos online, you’re a photography entrepreneur. Then assuming that we are all in a stream of becoming, then the question is: How can we become MORE entrepreneurial in our photography and life?

Looking at the Polestar electric car (owned by a Chinese company, who also owns Volvo)– Why and how are Chinese companies so innovative? Some thoughts:

A simple end — Strive to empower other photographers. Or in other words: Empower other photographers as you wish you were empowered starting off or though your photographic journey.

Things you do for the sake of it (doing it is the reward in itself), rather than doing it for ‘rewards’.

Rather than wanting to become Elon Musk … isn’t it better to become yourself, or to become your own ‘Elon Musk’?

MATRIX thought: Unplug yourself. Unplug yourself from social media (Deleting Instagram as a form of taking the ‘red pill’). Stop using Facebook. Slightly de-dose yourself from using Google in order to think deeper thoughts.

If you share your photos online, you’re a photography entrepreneur.

My personal desire and hunger to become insanely different— insanely different in how I look, how I act, what I own (or don’t own), insanely different aesthetics and ethics, and an insanely different (and bright) vision for the future.

A personal thing: No matter how good something is, it is never good enough for me.

What is it that we are searching for or seeking for? I believe it is searching for the upside without the downside. Or maximizing the upside while limiting the downside.

Let us realize and recognize that everything is always a work in progress. In fact, when are creative projects are done, it is quite anti-climactic. In fact, the ultimate completion to life is death. For example, what is the best iPhone and the most perfect iPhone? The one that will come out a year or…

Let us say street photography is your passion. Then the question is how can you harness the Internet to make your passion your living?