{"id":134466,"date":"2019-03-20T19:39:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T02:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=134466"},"modified":"2019-03-21T12:08:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T19:08:10","slug":"life-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/20\/life-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Optimal Way to Live Your Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some recent thoughts on life:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the goal of life is artistic productivity and innovation?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It seems that we adapt to all the gear<\/a>, equipment, and things\/tools in life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t we adapt to? Artistic productivity \u00e2\u20ac\u201d producing lots of art, and artistic innovation (discovering new aesthetics<\/a>, new techniques<\/a>, new ideas, new approaches, etc). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For myself, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m only happy when I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m creating or innovating. When I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m creating new images (drawings, photos, sketches<\/a>), or when I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m coming up with new and innovative ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artistic power<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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To me, the most important type of power is artistic-physiological power. If I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have the strength, the willpower, or the creative ideas\/juices flowing in me, I feel depressed<\/a>. For myself, I define depression as the physiological feeling of the inability to create, act, move, do, transform, or transmute the world around you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the best way to conquer depression? Build up your physical and physiological strength (8+ hours of sleep, plenty of rest and recovery, but also strength building exercises), don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t consume weakening foods\/drinks\/ drugs, and to create!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creation is the end-game<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It seems the final end-game of every individual or artist is creation \u00e2\u20ac\u201d artistic creation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, creating your home as an art-object, gardening (creation of plant life in an arranged and artistic manner), through art-creation via photo-video-drawing, etc. Almost anything done intentionally to create something new can be considered art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The optimal strategy in life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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So it seems the optimal strategy in life is to maximize your artistic output (however you define this). Whatever makes you more productive<\/a> in art is good \u00e2\u20ac\u201d so optimize for this. For example living a nomadic<\/a> life seems to stimulate my creative powers, so it is a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153better\u00e2\u20ac\u009d mode of living for myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also I optimize my diet (ketogenic diet + intermittent fasting<\/a>) in order to help me be more artistically productive. Also because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m more productive when I sleep more (8+ hours a night), I optimize my lifestyle for sleep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sleep, the optimal nutrition + exercise and mode of living is essential to my creative thrivival<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d thus I optimize my life to what matters most to me at the expense of money, possessions, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A simple focus for photographers + writers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Make more photos, process more photos, and publish more photos if your focus and passion is photography. Write more if you consider writing as an artistic form of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More turbo thoughts to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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