{"id":67430,"date":"2017-10-17T08:16:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T15:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=67430"},"modified":"2017-10-17T08:17:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T15:17:37","slug":"dont-struggle-in-your-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/17\/dont-struggle-in-your-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Struggle in Your Art"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"LEARN<\/a>
MASTERS: First Edition Book<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What is your stimulus to making pictures or art?<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Where do you find photographic motivation?<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

One idea I got from my buddy Nietzsche is that we should make art from our OVERPOWER or our OVERFLOWING WILL and artistic vitality.<\/p>\n

\n That means, be physically, mentally, and artistically strong before<\/em> you make pictures.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That also means, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t force yourself to make pictures you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to make.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photography should be effortless, like the Taoist principle of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153wu-wei<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d action without action. You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t \u00e2\u20ac\u0153force\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a river to flow.<\/p>\n

That means, follow your gut in photography. Click to bless your subject. Click and make pictures when you feel like it… only when you feel like it.<\/p>\n

Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let nobody tell you what to photograph, how to photograph, or when to photograph. Be your own photographic master.<\/p>\n

You are your own master<\/h2>\n
\"MASTERS<\/a>
MASTERS FIRST EDITION<\/a> TITLE PAGE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ultimately, follow your artistic gut. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re your own master. Never let yourself become the slave of anyone else.<\/p>\n

That means, KILL YOUR MASTER<\/a>. KILL ERIC KIM. Everything you learn from your teacher is just a tip, suggestion, or idea. Take what you like, throw away what you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like.<\/p>\n

BE STRONG,
\nERIC<\/p>\n

\n

MASTERS EDITION I<\/a><\/h2>\n
\"\"<\/a>
MASTERS BACK COVER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MASTERS FIRST EDITION ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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