{"id":134087,"date":"2019-03-17T12:02:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T19:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=134087"},"modified":"2019-03-21T12:08:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T19:08:33","slug":"why-it-is-essential-that-you-changeup-your-style-and-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/17\/why-it-is-essential-that-you-changeup-your-style-and-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Why It is Essential That You Changeup Your Style and Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For too long there has been a bias towards consistency. But I believe consistency is for suckers<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Consistency hurts our artistry in so many different ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First of all, striving towards consistency makes you more boring. When we see unpredictable artists, we are more entertained and interested in them. In-fact, we disdain consistent people (from a fascination perspective). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly, consistency is an artistic trap. All great artists thrive on chance and evolution. Picasso<\/a> and his artistic innovation. Leonardo da Vinci<\/a> over the years. Kanye West<\/a> and his constant change in aesthetics, style, and approach. Elon Musk<\/a> constantly making new products and innovations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To me, change is the source of life, growth, and evolution. Without changing up your style, approach, or technique in life \u00e2\u20ac\u201d you will remain stagnant. And being stagnant is bad \u00e2\u20ac\u201d too much stagnancy leads to nihilism<\/a> (philosophy that you cannot enact a change in the world). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re stronger than you think. Most likely, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going to live to be 120 years<\/a>. So given your long life expectancy, do you desire to be wholly 100% consistent and predictable until you die?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To me, life is infinitely too long to let yourself be bored for even a moment! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to switch up your style and approach <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

  1. Avoid boredom:<\/a><\/strong> You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to force yourself to switch up your style. Simply stick to a certain approach until you get bored, then go \u00e2\u20ac\u0153onto the next one<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/li>
  2. Change up your clothes<\/strong>: Let your taste of clothing evolve over time. Consider how JAY Z<\/a> went from baggy clothes to wearing tailored black suits. Or how KANYE went from preppy to his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153black skinhead<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d look, to his more recent grunge YEEZY look. <\/li>
  3. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seek perfection<\/strong>: I encourage the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153kaizen<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d approach \u00e2\u20ac\u201d constantly evolve and improve everyday. <\/li>
  4. Life is a beautiful hustle<\/strong>: Life is only fun with striving for more, striving to improve, striving to create new things, and striving for better. Channel your dissatisfaction to take you to greater heights!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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