After studying composition much, I think I can *see* composition before my eyes, kind of like photography augmented reality (AR) but for composition. I actually see these red lines when I’m out and about:
What I desire– a truly ZEN driving experience. No distractions, no devices, no touch screens, no music, no LCD screens, etc. Only a pure driving experience– manual transmission, no CD player, no superfluous things.
Get a GoPro BONES— the ultimate minimalistic design. No LCD screen. The truly zen camera.
I intend to use this for my street photography GoPro POV videos, and vlogging. I don’t have a drone, but I intend to just use this for my self.
Just ordered one with my PayPal balance (cool I can buy stuff on the GoPro.com website with PayPal!) Next day shipping. Excited to test it out!!! To me this is 1000x more interesting, and exciting than even the newest iPhone Pro.
A fun zen thought:
Can they invent a new iPhone or Apple device that has no screen?
Also– I desire a car *without* a touch screen. Can there be any new cars made in the present or the future without LCD screens or touch screens?
Now that Seneca is over a year old (he’s currently around 1 year, 3 months old), I am currently out of the trenches (the first year of child rearing is like trench warfare, World War I style).
Some lessons I’ve learned, on ‘productivity’ and how to stay ‘productive’ with a kid:
Another big step towards our personal independence: become your own barista, make your own coffee at home. Even a cheap deLonghi single serving espresso machine is good, we got ours used for only about 100 bucks, and even a cheap Capresso grinder at home works well.
I don’t see my body as belonging to me. I look at my body like it belongs to someone else.
When I look at the Lamborghini of someone else, I admire it. When I see the muscles and physiques of anyone else, I admire it. Then I had the epiphany:
Ultimate democratic approach: Genetics doesn’t matter. Sex doesn’t matter. Racial ethnicity doesn’t matter. Anyone can both add muscle mass and subtract fat.
Beyond just basic notions of making a bunch of money from your photography. What’s new and interesting ways you can integrate crypto and crypto technologies for photography? Not just selling your digital photos as NFT’s, which is still a basic way to think about selling one’s photos by analogy. Think first principles.
Practice street photography every day. Just go to the mall or local downtown where there are other human beings. To improve your street photography skills, timing and ability to capture decisive moments, once a week on the weekends ain’t enough. Every day. Even the local Whole Foods, Costco is good to shoot street photography.
Small camera: RICOH GR III/X. The best, smallest, most low key stealth camera.
Get into powerlifting: One rep max sumo deadlifts, squats, and heavy dumbbell presses. Get your testosterone up (both men and women), and you will become less alarmed. The higher your testosterone is, the more calm you become and the less sensitive you are to fear. Same goes with eating more fatty meat (beef ribs).
Spend money on intrepid adventures: Hiking, camping, traveling, even going to new places. Go to new coffee shops, restaurants, bars and bring along your camera. Spend money to go on road trips, pay for gas, hotels, Airbnb, etc.
Delete instagram. The ultimate intrepid move you can do. Use arsbeta.com instead or upload photos to your own WordPress blog.
Put yourself out there: Promote yourself, put your skin and reputation and name on the line!
Publish your stuff open source: Free and open PDF EBOOKS of your work. Don’t fear that people will “steal†your stuff.
Get into crypto: Buy Bitcoin — will put some hair on your chest and make you more fearless.
Block all camera and gear and gear review websites and rumor websites. Use a web browser blocker to block your websites which get in the way of your artistic thriving. Whenever tempted by a new camera, just set a 15 minute timer on your phone and walk around the block and make some photos.
See your best photos as ahead of you and to come, not behind you.
Look at your photos as small thumbnails, to quickly sort through them and flag them.
Even though you may be tempted, don’t turn your photos into full screen until the very end, after flagging all your photos.
Don’t review your photos unless you have the energy and power for it. If you’re tired, just go to sleep, and wake up the next day, and review your photos in the morning (with a nice cup of coffee).
Keep shooting and reviewing your photos a lot. Stick to extra small JPEG, RICOH GR III/IIIX.
Think of your overall compositions as a balance and a feeling and a visual gist.
Deal with the fact that there may be sone photos that fall to the wayside, but that is okay — it is part of the game!
I let Seneca play as if I wish I were a kid again, and I would allow myself to do stuff that I wanted, but that my parents didn’t allow me in the past.
Hygiene is the future. Why? Hygiene as the new luxury.
For example, you buy a TESLA because you no longer need to go to (very unhygienic) gas stations. Nobody after COVID wants to touch a pump or go into a gas station.
The best and the most minimal shoes ever invented. Vibram 5 finger (EL-X) model as the best. The best shoe for everyday wearing, hiking, deadlifting, squats at the gym, beach, etc.
I first thought of goats milk from the ancient Roman’s and Greeks — even back then it was common knowledge that sheep and goats milk and cheese and dairy products had less flatulence and issues processing in the stomach with cows milk.
More power is a master morality and imperative, more productivity is a slave labor mentality.
More power via eating more meat (3+ pounds a day). Also, to stay up late to work more and to be more productive — this is a slave mentality. Sleeping more is a master way of living, and how to gain more power.
