Some fresh photo thoughts for you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first thought for you is that perhaps when it comes to existence, life, etc —<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If it were all for the sake of photography<\/a>, it was worth it and justified.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
For me, it is all photography. Anything and everything photography is good. Anything that uplift and motivate you towards photography is good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Standalone digital cameras<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Don’t get suckered by iPhone — if you want to optimize your life towards photography, standalone digital cameras<\/a> are the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And what is the best camera? RICOH GR IIIX hands down<\/a>. No debate. The camera is literally 100% perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Money isn’t real<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Money isn’t real, it is just a concept. What does this mean? This means —<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you can use money to gain yourself more experiences, more sights, and more embodied reality (physical) exposure \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 this is good towards photography.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
For example recently thinking about my recent family trips to Joshua Tree<\/a>, and Lake Arrowhead<\/a> (the money and time for renting the airBnb, gas, etc) — it was 110% worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once again, don’t get suckered. Channel, invest, and funnel your money into photographic experiences<\/a>. What does this mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Use your money on travel (buying yourself plane tickets, paying for gas if you want to do road trips) or for airbnb\/hotels, etc — to push yourself outside of your comfort zone, and channel those new exposures to make new photos, and just share the photos to your blog.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
4. Just blog your photos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What is the best way to share your photos? Not social media; your own blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Digital and online publishing as superior<\/em> to print-based publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why this preference<\/em> for printing your photos? It is a pretentious French notion (the notion of art salons, etc). But in this global ‘endemic’ (the pandemic is here to stay\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 indefinitely) — isn’t it more effective and superior<\/em> to share your photos online (infinitely scaleable<\/a>)? And it is ‘responsive’ to any device your viewer sees your photos (whether on a phone, tablet, laptop, TV, etc).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. Physical is the new privilege<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I am a huge fan and proponent of virtual reality<\/a>, yet my thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the future — the lower-class will be addicted to virtual reality (Netflix, Oculus, Facebook\/Instagram), and only the rich and privileged will have the access to ’embodied reality’ or physical<\/a> reality.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Let us consider that nowadays, it only seems that the less educated are not vaccinated and do not wear face masks. I see it like a social class thing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you lack education, knowledge, and common sense \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 you do not vaccinate yourself, and refuse to wear a mask for ‘freedom’ purposes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Like Nassim Taleb<\/a> said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you truly do believe in ‘libertarianism<\/a>‘, the first rule is ‘do no harm unto others’. So wear your f*cking mask.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Which means —<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Any experience you can do in embodied reality (without the risk of catching COVID or any other future disease) is a massive privilege.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
What does it mean to be a slave? To be chained at home all day, or even worse \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 in your cubicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or even worse:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chained to your phone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Even one of my uber-successful Silicon Valley friends–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even though he is super successful, he is still chained to his phone notifications.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
This means he cannot sleep through the night without the anxiety of having to check his phone, to respond to his (big) boss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I say–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In terms of lifestyle, strive to make yourself less ‘important’ and less rich — and strive to free up more mindspace and more soul-space<\/a> for your creative pursuits (travel, adventure, photography).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nIf this gave you any inspiration or motivation, feel free to share with a friend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nNew turbo thoughts on ERIC KIM BLOG<\/a>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
New things in progress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Just returned iPhone Pro. Testing iPhone SE (the new new one).<\/li>
- RICOH GR IIIX is perfect<\/a>. If in doubt just buy it.<\/li>
- Better to buy Bitcoin<\/a> than a TESLA.<\/li>
- RIVIAN truck (in real life) is actually surprisingly nice. More of a ‘statement’ than having a Tesla (even a Model S PLAID), even though the Tesla<\/a> might be the superior<\/em> car.<\/li>
- Bitcoin<\/a> or nothing. Don’t get suckered by ‘alt coins’. Alternative is bad<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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