{"id":124835,"date":"2019-01-09T22:23:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T06:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=124835"},"modified":"2019-01-09T22:23:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T06:23:48","slug":"youre-constantly-in-a-state-of-becoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/09\/youre-constantly-in-a-state-of-becoming\/","title":{"rendered":"You’re Constantly in a State of Becoming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A tip from my buddy Heraclitus<\/a>: We are constantly in a state of becoming; an endless state of flux<\/a> in which we are constantly changing, evolving, and becoming more (and less) at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Flux<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Every moment you are becoming something– something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, consider inside your body (right now), all the trillions of molecular processes happening now. The proteins being created, consumed, and used. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your intellect is constantly evolving and changing. Everyday you have different impressions, and different visual\/audio\/spatial stimuli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In life, I think this notion of ‘improvement’ is silly. You don’t got anything you need to “improve”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you think that you need to ‘improve’ something in your life, it is somehow signaling to yourself that you feel deficient<\/em> in something. But what do you lack? Nothing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And– do you need to become anything or anyone else besides yourself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State of becoming in photography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I very much like this idea in photography and art; we are constantly in a state of becoming. We are constantly changing how we see the world, how we make photos, and whatever we find interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are constantly changing our tools, our processing<\/a> methods, and our own visual acuity<\/a> is in flux — some things become brighter in our eyes, some things more dim. We are becoming both<\/em> more near-sighted and far-sighted at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thus the secret in photography is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t seek to ‘improve’ your photography. Just keep shooting! By continuing to shoot, you’re naturally going to change, evolve, and become more as a photographer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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“You never step into the same river twice” – Heraclitus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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What is so exciting in photography is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No two scenes are ever alike.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Also, even if the two scenes were exactly alike, YOU’RE NOT EXACTLY ALIKE! Today you’re a totally different person than you were yesterday. And tomorrow you will be a different person from who you are today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So realize this fact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In life, both others and ourselves are constantly changing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Also,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world is constantly changing, and so are we.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To seek stasis<\/a> (stability) is wrong. Instead, we should seek to keep moving (the rolling stone gathers no moss)<\/a>, and also we should strive to always be “onto the next one”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To never stop striving<\/a>, to never stop aspiring, and to never stop hustling<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avoid self-tyranny<\/h2>\n\n\n\n