{"id":91032,"date":"2018-05-29T08:14:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T15:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=91032"},"modified":"2018-05-29T08:14:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T15:14:21","slug":"childs-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/29\/childs-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"CHILD&#8217;S MIND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"91033\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/29\/childs-mind\/beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy.jpg?fit=1766%2C1766&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1766,1766\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Beautiful dark twisted fantasy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy.jpg?fit=1766%2C1766&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy.jpg?resize=1766%2C1766\" alt=\"Beautiful dark twisted fantasy\" width=\"1766\" height=\"1766\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy.jpg?w=1766&amp;ssl=1 1766w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy.jpg?resize=290%2C290&amp;ssl=1 290w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy.jpg?resize=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy.jpg?resize=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy.jpg?resize=830%2C830&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Based on a rendition of Kanye West&#8217;s &#8220;My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy&#8221; RUNAWAY song (Cinematic VMA Rework) poem:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Child&#8217;s Mind<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>1. Use your creative energy to transform others.<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe artist aims for perfection<br \/>\nHe wants to be the best<br \/>\nEvery day is spent pushing the images that haunt his dreams.<\/p>\n<p>When we see his work, we feel this energy<\/p>\n<p>it transforms us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When you create art, harness your energy, and transmit that energy to your viewer&#8211; and to transform them. To empower them. To give them more hope, optimism, and excitement for the future!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>2. Creative destruction<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\n  He advances culture by destroying what came before, so we can start anew.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/01\/creative-destruction\/\">Creative destruction<\/a>: the concept is that by destroying your past self, you can create your new (today and future) self.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get too hung up on the work you&#8217;ve created in the past. Forget the past work, and focus on creating <a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/24\/in-praise-of-the-new\/\">NEW<\/a> art!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>3. Follow your own personal truth<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\n  He doesn&#8217;t just feel; he follows his truth wherever it leads.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Whatever you believe to be true &#8212; follow your own inner-voice, and never self-censor yourself! Realize that your brutal honesty might ruffle a few feathers, and even if you&#8217;re &#8220;wrong&#8221; or hurt others; realize&#8211; that is part of you being a human being:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  If his honesty brings chaos; it doesn&#8217;t make him wrong, it makes him a person.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>4. See the world through the eyes of a child<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amelia Learns How to Shoot Photographs for the First Time\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4r-JCAgrXMU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  It&#8217;s important to stay idealistic ; to be vulnerable, to see the world through the eyes of a child: free, open, full of wonder and imagination. He shares his dreams with us.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/26\/how-to-see-the-world-from-the-eyes-of-a-child\/\">See the world through the eyes of a child<\/a>. Follow your curiosity, allow yourself to ask &#8216;foolish&#8217; questions (why? why? why?) and share your dreams with others!<\/p>\n<h2>5. Fight for yourself as a visionary.<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\n  We have to fight for our visionaries. he won&#8217;t go gently into victory, and we&#8217;re better for it.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you&#8217;re an <a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/photography-entrepreneurship-101\/\">entrepreneur<\/a>, a risk-taker, or a visionary; realize that your personal-victory will be an uphill battle. You will encounter a lot of &#8216;haters&#8217;, <a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/02\/why-you-must-ignore-nay-sayers-to-succeed-in-entrepreneurship-business-and-life\/\">nay-sayers<\/a>, and friction. You might experience moments of self-doubt, frustration, anger\/anxiety\/depression.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/18\/why-you-should-ignore-photography-and-art-critics\/\">Ignore the art critics<\/a>; and follow your own gut.<\/p>\n<p>YOU GOT THIS.<br \/>\nERIC<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/entrepreneurship\/\">Entrepreneurship<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/photography-entrepreneurship\/?couponCode=ERICKIMPHOTO_UDEMY\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"86663\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/photography-entrepreneurship-101\/eric-kim-ultimate-beginner-guide-to-photography-entrepreneurship-orange\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/eric-kim-ultimate-beginner-guide-to-photography-entrepreneurship-orange.jpg?fit=1200%2C1553&amp;ssl=1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/eric-kim-ultimate-beginner-guide-to-photography-entrepreneurship-orange.jpg?resize=830%2C1074&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/eric-kim-ultimate-beginner-guide-to-photography-entrepreneurship-orange.jpg?resize=600%2C777&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Never stop innovating: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/photography-entrepreneurship\/?couponCode=ERICKIMPHOTO_UDEMY\">Ultimate Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Photography Entrepreneurship<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Put a Dent in the Universe.<\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"85756\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/06\/eric-kim-street-photography-tips-and-technique\/cindy-tokyo-hotel-aman-hotel-lobby-turn-around-girl-with-pearl-earring\/\" 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