There is no “finality” for you as a photographer or artist. Instead, better to consider that you’re always in a state of becoming as a photographer and visual-artist.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Your taste in photography is always changing and in flux<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"Mexico](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexixco-city-2020-final-141.jpg?resize=1180%2C786&ssl=1\")
Mexico City, 2020 #streettogs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor example, there is no final state for you in photography. Your tastes<\/a> are always changing and in a state of flux in photography. In the past, your taste in photos were different. Today they are different. In the future, your taste in photography will change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Mexico](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexixco-city-2020-final-197.jpg?resize=1180%2C786&ssl=1\")
Mexico City, 2020 #streettogs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor example, lately I’ve been noticing that I like shooting street photography<\/a> from a distance. The joy of making my subjects look a bit smaller, and photographing more of the scene and environment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nBut this preference will change and evolve over time, and this is what makes street photography the ultimate never-ending game<\/a>! (the eternal creative cycle).<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Mexico](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/eric-kim-street-photography-mexixco-city-2020-final-219.jpg?resize=1180%2C786&ssl=1\")
Mexico City, 2020 #streettogs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhy are we so caught up on the final destination?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-14-at-12.49.40-PM-resized.jpg?resize=1034%2C1184&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nPerhaps this is because of modern times. We are all in such a rush to “become successful” and to “win in life”. We are all too hurried and in a hyper-rush in modern times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cadence of our lives needs to be slower. We must enjoy our lives in a moment-to-moment basis, a day-to-day basis. Also, spending some time reflecting on our progress and movement in life, and finding great gratitude<\/a> in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMovement is key<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"Mexico](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cindy-last-eric-kim-photography-ricoh-gr-ii-mexico-city-jpeg-23.jpg?resize=1180%2C1781&ssl=1\")
Mexico City, 2019 #cindyproject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nMy thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you keep moving in life, you will gain!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
If we take the philosophy of “becoming” seriously, then it means that there is no such thing as gain and no such thing as loss<\/strong>. All is change, flux, and becoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\nERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nPhotography Philosophy 101<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- Photography Philosophy 101<\/a><\/li>
- Photography Philosophy 101: I Photograph to See What the World Looks Like Photographed<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Personal Photography Philosophy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Why<\/em> do you make photos? Reflect in PHOTO JOURNAL<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n- The Unexamined Life Isn’t Worth Photographing<\/a><\/li>
- Do You Like Looking at Your Own Photos? <\/a><\/li>
- Life-Affirming Photography<\/a><\/li>
- NEVER STOP EVOLVING!<\/a><\/li>
- HYPER PHOTOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>
- The Soul of the Photographer<\/a><\/li>
- The Photographer as a Vessel<\/a><\/li>
- How to Think Outside the Frame<\/a><\/li>
- Photography is the Elixir of Life<\/a><\/li>
- Imager<\/a><\/li>
- Why You Must Photograph<\/a><\/li>
- How to See as a Photographer<\/a><\/li>
- How to Delete Your Pictures<\/a><\/li>
- Your Camera is a Blessing<\/a><\/li>
- Reality vs. Perception in Photography<\/a><\/li>
- What’s Your Final Aim in Photography?<\/a><\/li>
- If We Delete Our Pictures, Do We Delete Ourselves?<\/a><\/li>
- There is No Truth in Photography; All is Allowed<\/a><\/li>
- MEMENTO MORI PHOTOGRAPHY<\/a><\/li>
- YOU ARE A PHOTO GOD.<\/a><\/li>
- How to Gain More Control, Freedom, and Happiness in Your Photography<\/a><\/li>
- The Will to Shoot<\/a><\/li>
- The Art of Constantly BECOMING<\/a><\/li>
- The Frame<\/a><\/li>
- How to Increase Your Visual Perception<\/a><\/li>
- Could an AI Shoot the Same Photo as You?<\/a><\/li>
- A Photographer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Guide to Seeing<\/a><\/li>
- THE LESS REAL YOUR PHOTOS, THE BETTER.<\/a><\/li>
- Photography as Experience<\/a><\/li>
- SHOOT YOU.<\/a><\/li>
- MAKE PICTURES, NOT PHOTOGRAPHS<\/a><\/li>
- Why You Should Ignore Photography and Art Critics<\/a><\/li>
- Do You Live to Photograph, or Photograph to Live?<\/a><\/li>
- Living a Good Life is More Important Than Photography<\/a><\/li>
- How to Start Fresh in Your Photography<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
START HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nPhilosophy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/zenofericcover.jpg?resize=1180%2C1907\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nDictate your meaning and purpose in your life with ZEN OF ERIC<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nPhilosophical Essays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- What Do You Desire to Become?<\/a><\/li>
- What Do I Want from Technology?<\/a><\/li>
- Stratified Society<\/a><\/li>
- Do You Love or Hate Reality?<\/a><\/li>
- On the Brian, Body and Mind<\/a><\/li>
- I’m Maximally Happy, Now What?<\/a><\/li>
- Care over Fame<\/a><\/li>
- ACTIVE NIHILISM<\/a><\/li>
- Never Stop Subtracting<\/a><\/li>
- How to Live a Happier and More Epic Life<\/a><\/li>
- A Risker Life is a Better Life<\/a><\/li>
- Only Work on Things You Can Imagine Doing for Eternity<\/a><\/li>
- How to Maximize Your Happiness<\/a><\/li>
- Influence<\/a><\/li>
- The Gladiator Makes His Plans once He Enters the Ring<\/a><\/li>
- Meditations on Meaning in Life<\/a><\/li>
- There is Nothing More Interesting than Human Beings<\/a><\/li>
- Is Hope a Vice?<\/a><\/li>
- EGO<\/a><\/li>
- Why Be Unique?<\/a><\/li>
- Happiness is Metabolism Health and Strength<\/a><\/li>
- You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re the Hero<\/a><\/li>
- Is Productivity a Virtue or Vice?<\/a><\/li>
- Why Do We Prize the Rare?<\/a><\/li>
- The Joy of Uncertainty<\/a><\/li>
- How Should I Best Use My Time and Life?<\/a><\/li>
- A Life Without Pain or Suffering Isn’t a Life Worth Living<\/a><\/li>
- Free or Unfree?<\/a><\/li>
- What Do You Really Care For in Life?<\/a><\/li>
- Anti-Satisfaction in Life<\/a><\/li>
- Why Think?<\/a><\/li>
- The Eternal Return<\/a><\/li>
- Only Do What is Best for You!<\/a><\/li>
- Truthiness<\/a><\/li>
- Why Be Happy?<\/a><\/li>
- Permissionless Living<\/a><\/li>
- In Praise of Unconventional Wisdom<\/a><\/li>
- Become the Change Which You Wish to See in the World<\/a><\/li>
- Happiness<\/a><\/li>
- Beyond Freedom<\/a><\/li>
- Idolize People, Not Stuff<\/a><\/li>
- What Makes You Stronger? What Makes You Weaker?<\/a><\/li>
- Why Hate?<\/a><\/li>
- The Secret of Happiness<\/a><\/li>
- You’re Constantly in a State of Becoming<\/a><\/li>
- Life is about Choices, Not Obligations<\/a><\/li>
- Anti-Nihilism<\/a><\/li>
- First, Do What is Best for You.<\/a><\/li>
- Live Dynamic<\/a><\/li>
- How to Prosper<\/a><\/li>
- Is the Point of Life to Be Satisfied?<\/a><\/li>
- SUPREME EFFORT OF WILL.<\/a><\/li>
- How to Become more Idealistic<\/a><\/li>
- Thrivival 101<\/a><\/li>
- Create Yourself<\/a><\/li>
- Non-Small<\/a><\/li>
- Inspiration<\/a><\/li>
- How to Live a Heroic Life: Dare the Heights!<\/a><\/li>
- Human Augmentation<\/a><\/li>
- Prune<\/a><\/li>
- Happiness: Do What You Want to Do (And Don’t Do What You Don’t Want to Do)<\/a><\/li>
- Avoid Vain (Empty) Pursuits in Life<\/a><\/li>
- Modern Slavery<\/a><\/li>
- Kill the Leeches<\/a><\/li>
- Wisdom Augmentation<\/a><\/li>
- Why We Need Friction in Life<\/a><\/li>
- Straight Line Philosophy<\/a><\/li>
- What’s Your End-Game in Life?<\/a><\/li>
- Create Your Own Happiness Today<\/a><\/li>
For example, there is no final state for you in photography. Your tastes<\/a> are always changing and in a state of flux in photography. In the past, your taste in photos were different. Today they are different. In the future, your taste in photography will change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, lately I’ve been noticing that I like shooting street photography<\/a> from a distance. The joy of making my subjects look a bit smaller, and photographing more of the scene and environment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n But this preference will change and evolve over time, and this is what makes street photography the ultimate never-ending game<\/a>! (the eternal creative cycle).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Perhaps this is because of modern times. We are all in such a rush to “become successful” and to “win in life”. We are all too hurried and in a hyper-rush in modern times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The cadence of our lives needs to be slower. We must enjoy our lives in a moment-to-moment basis, a day-to-day basis. Also, spending some time reflecting on our progress and movement in life, and finding great gratitude<\/a> in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you keep moving in life, you will gain!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n If we take the philosophy of “becoming” seriously, then it means that there is no such thing as gain and no such thing as loss<\/strong>. All is change, flux, and becoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why<\/em> do you make photos? Reflect in PHOTO JOURNAL<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n START HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dictate your meaning and purpose in your life with ZEN OF ERIC<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy are we so caught up on the final destination?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nPhotography Philosophy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nPhotography Philosophy 101<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Personal Photography Philosophy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nPhilosophy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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