{"id":55599,"date":"2017-07-07T03:32:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T10:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=55599"},"modified":"2017-07-07T09:38:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T16:38:34","slug":"how-do-images-affect-your-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/07\/how-do-images-affect-your-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do Images Affect Your Soul?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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heART by ANNETTE KIM<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We often forget that images, and photos should influence our emotions, mood, perspective, and soul.<\/p>\n

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Why photography?<\/h2>\n
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H\u00c3\u00a0 N\u00e1\u00bb\u2122i, 2017 #Cindyproject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Why make photos at all?<\/p>\n

Some ideas:<\/p>\n

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  1. To document memory: As humans, we’re afraid of the death of our loved ones. Photographing our loved ones is to try to immortalize them. <\/li>\n
  2. To document history: We hate change. We try to make the world static, by capturing and freezing a moment in history as a photograph. <\/li>\n
  3. To express our creative instinct: To be human is to be creative and to create. We all have an instinct as a child to create. If we’re not allowed to express that creative instinct, as go insane or get depressed. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Your soul<\/h2>\n
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    H\u00c3\u00a0 N\u00e1\u00bb\u2122i, 2017 #Cindyproject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Your soul is something that cannot be described in atoms, bits, or information.<\/p>\n

    Our soul is what makes us human.<\/p>\n

    I don’t think our soul is immortal. Once we’re dead, our soul is dead too.<\/p>\n

    Our soul is probably a synthesis of our body, mind, and environment. I know my mood, perspective, and emotions are greatly influenced by my surroundings. For example, I feel different in Dubai than Saigon.<\/p>\n

    So ask yourself, how does your soul become influenced by other images, and by your own images?<\/p>\n

    Images, not photos.<\/h2>\n
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    H\u00c3\u00a0 N\u00e1\u00bb\u2122i, 2017 #Cindyproject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    A change for myself: I think of images, not photos.<\/p>\n

    Photos are just another type of image. Images also include graphic design, illustration, sculpture, or anything that enters our eye balls.<\/p>\n

    When visual information enters our eye balls, it influences our brain and mind. And that stirs our emotions and soul.<\/p>\n

    My soul<\/h2>\n
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    H\u00c3\u00a0 N\u00e1\u00bb\u2122i 2017, #Cindyproject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    For me, images affect my soul by empowering me. If I see an image of Achilles in the heat of battle, I feel more powerful. Or when I watch the 300 movie, and see the 6 pack of the Trojan warriors.<\/p>\n

    When I see dollar bills, my heart races. I feel more selfish, greedy, and self centered.<\/p>\n

    When I watch Lamborghini YouTube videos, I feel faster, with less drag, and more power. I think of cutting the superfluous weight in my life, while also making myself more aerodynamic and agile. And adding horsepower.<\/p>\n

    My photos<\/h2>\n
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    Memento Mori.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    My photos challenge me to think myself of my own mortality and the shortness of my life.<\/p>\n

    My photos affect my soul by telling myself:<\/p>\n

    \n I love living, and being alive is a blessing. Let me not waste my life.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    So friend, how does photography influence your soul. Share your insights to ERIC KIM FORUM<\/a><\/p>\n

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    SOUL PHOTOGRAPHY ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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