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YOUR DAILY DOSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY INSPIRATION.
Some fresh photo thoughts for you:
1. Optimize your life for photography
The first thought for you is that perhaps when it comes to existence, life, etc —
If it were all for the sake of photography, it was worth it and justified.
For me, it is all photography. Anything and everything photography is good. Anything that uplift and motivate you towards photography is good.
2. Standalone digital cameras
Don’t get suckered by iPhone — if you want to optimize your life towards photography, standalone digital cameras are the way.
And what is the best camera? RICOH GR IIIX hands down. No debate. The camera is literally 100% perfect.
3. Money isn’t real
Money isn’t real, it is just a concept. What does this mean? This means —
If you can use money to gain yourself more experiences, more sights, and more embodied reality (physical) exposure … this is good towards photography.
For example recently thinking about my recent family trips to Joshua Tree, and Lake Arrowhead (the money and time for renting the airBnb, gas, etc) — it was 110% worth it.
Once again, don’t get suckered. Channel, invest, and funnel your money into photographic experiences. What does this mean?
Use your money on travel (buying yourself plane tickets, paying for gas if you want to do road trips) or for airbnb/hotels, etc — to push yourself outside of your comfort zone, and channel those new exposures to make new photos, and just share the photos to your blog.
4. Just blog your photos
What is the best way to share your photos? Not social media; your own blog.
Digital and online publishing as superior to print-based publishing.
Why this preference for printing your photos? It is a pretentious French notion (the notion of art salons, etc). But in this global ‘endemic’ (the pandemic is here to stay… indefinitely) — isn’t it more effective and superior to share your photos online (infinitely scaleable)? And it is ‘responsive’ to any device your viewer sees your photos (whether on a phone, tablet, laptop, TV, etc).
5. Physical is the new privilege
I am a huge fan and proponent of virtual reality, yet my thought:
In the future — the lower-class will be addicted to virtual reality (Netflix, Oculus, Facebook/Instagram), and only the rich and privileged will have the access to ’embodied reality’ or physical reality.
Let us consider that nowadays, it only seems that the less educated are not vaccinated and do not wear face masks. I see it like a social class thing:
If you lack education, knowledge, and common sense … you do not vaccinate yourself, and refuse to wear a mask for ‘freedom’ purposes.
Like Nassim Taleb said:
If you truly do believe in ‘libertarianism‘, the first rule is ‘do no harm unto others’. So wear your f*cking mask.
Which means —
Any experience you can do in embodied reality (without the risk of catching COVID or any other future disease) is a massive privilege.
What does it mean to be a slave? To be chained at home all day, or even worse … in your cubicle.
Or even worse:
Chained to your phone.
Even one of my uber-successful Silicon Valley friends–
Even though he is super successful, he is still chained to his phone notifications.
This means he cannot sleep through the night without the anxiety of having to check his phone, to respond to his (big) boss.
So I say–
In terms of lifestyle, strive to make yourself less ‘important’ and less rich — and strive to free up more mindspace and more soul-space for your creative pursuits (travel, adventure, photography).
ERIC
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If this gave you any inspiration or motivation, feel free to share with a friend!
New turbo thoughts on ERIC KIM BLOG.
New things in progress:
- Just returned iPhone Pro. Testing iPhone SE (the new new one).
- RICOH GR IIIX is perfect. If in doubt just buy it.
- Better to buy Bitcoin than a TESLA.
- RIVIAN truck (in real life) is actually surprisingly nice. More of a ‘statement’ than having a Tesla (even a Model S PLAID), even though the Tesla might be the superior car.
- Bitcoin or nothing. Don’t get suckered by ‘alt coins’. Alternative is bad.