{"id":155878,"date":"2019-07-17T09:54:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T16:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=155878"},"modified":"2019-07-17T11:05:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:05:18","slug":"my-vision-of-producerism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/17\/my-vision-of-producerism\/","title":{"rendered":"My Vision of Producerism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have a bold new vision of the future:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>A world in which we derive happiness and meaning from creating and producing things (artwork), instead of striving to buy, possess, or consume. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/39DMhcC4?hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Producing is more fun than possessing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"782\" data-attachment-id=\"155807\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012213-2-pick-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012213-2-PICK.jpg?fit=4928%2C3264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4928,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;GR II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1492187978&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;ERIC KIM PHOTOGRAPHY&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim black and white street photography hanoi-0012213-2-PICK\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012213-2-PICK.jpg?fit=2000%2C1325&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012213-2-PICK-2000x1325.jpg?resize=1180%2C782&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012213-2-PICK.jpg?resize=2000%2C1325&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012213-2-PICK.jpg?resize=1000%2C662&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012213-2-PICK.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012213-2-PICK.jpg?resize=920%2C609&amp;ssl=1 920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012213-2-PICK.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012213-2-PICK.jpg?w=3540&amp;ssl=1 3540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have a lot of possessions. However this is what I can say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The joy of producing new things is 100000x more interesting and enjoyable than simply possessing things. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We often fantasize:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;If I only bought or possessed [x] I would be so happy!&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is almost never true. This is what psychologists call &#8220;affective forecasting&#8221;; we over-forecast (predict) that a certain change in our lifestyle, surroundings, possessions, or money will have a great impact on our &#8220;affect&#8221; (how we feel).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example you dream of buying that Porsche, but you still are stuck in traffic. You dream of camera [x], but after you get it you still aren&#8217;t satisfied with your photos. You want [x] amount of money in your bank account, and when you finally get it&#8211; it doesn&#8217;t really change your mood or happiness much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When in doubt, make more.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"782\" data-attachment-id=\"155805\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012086-eye-eric-12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012086-EYE-ERIC.jpg?fit=4928%2C3264&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4928,3264\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;GR II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1492176662&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;ERIC KIM PHOTOGRAPHY&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim black and white street photography hanoi-0012086-EYE ERIC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012086-EYE-ERIC.jpg?fit=2000%2C1325&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012086-EYE-ERIC-2000x1325.jpg?resize=1180%2C782&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012086-EYE-ERIC.jpg?resize=2000%2C1325&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012086-EYE-ERIC.jpg?resize=1000%2C662&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012086-EYE-ERIC.jpg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012086-EYE-ERIC.jpg?resize=920%2C609&amp;ssl=1 920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012086-EYE-ERIC.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012086-EYE-ERIC.jpg?w=3540&amp;ssl=1 3540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what is the solution? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My solution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Derive your personal happiness from the act of creation! <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CREATE ON! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a bold new vision of the future: A world in which we derive happiness and meaning from creating and producing things (artwork), instead of striving to buy, possess, or consume.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":155805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/eric-kim-black-and-white-street-photography-hanoi-0012086-EYE-ERIC.jpg?fit=4928%2C3264&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155878"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155918,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155878\/revisions\/155918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}