Thank you, thank you, thank you...
The best of life, love, and peace for you and the family this day.
Happy Thanksgiving!
TC,
Michael
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Inspiration from Flickr.com - A Photography Website
Probably the most meaningful (at least to me) and quite possibly the best picture on photographic websites is here:
www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/19296759
I'm surprised it isn't on Flickr.
A most common dream... I used to dream about looking for my "keys" outside on a street under a light. A woman who was walking by asked me what I was looking for... I told her my keys. She asked "Where did you lose them?" I responded, "Inside my Home." She looked at me quizzically, and asked me "Why are you looking out here for your keys when you lost them inside your Home?" My response, "Because it's light out here, and dark in there..." She suggested that I search differently inside and with my light on... So, I returned to my "home" and searched again. After a long time, I found my keys. (Oddly, I just recalled, the woman was almost alabaster white).
One of the few things I do well is systems integration, especially of computer systems. My knowledge of systems is rusty now, but, I know that the Google search engine isn't about finding facts. What I've discovered is that when looking for things, what you find is determined not by what you look for, but in how you search. They are Google's and the other search engine's most treasured secrets. It's too bad that they are also many other people's secrets, too. That mind/spirit connection is all about the why and the how. That understanding is the basis of becoming a woman (man) of knowledge. I found this in the book named "The Fire From Within," by Carlos Castaneda. "Fear of knowledge is natural; all of us experience it, and there is nothing we can do about it. But no matter how frightening learning is, it is more terrible to think of a man (woman) without knowledge." -- don Juan Matus.
The knowledge of ourselves can be very frightening, that is if you look at it from your fearful self...
Seeing is not about looking with your eyes, it's about the feeling you get from "seeing." The magic of it is about translating your dreams and making them your reality. It doesn't matter if its photography, writing a book, parenting, mentoring, or implementing a new procedure to manufacture a widget. They are all artful, and beautiful. So, if you don't find what you are looking for, change the way you look at things, and what you look at will change. I know, very New Agey, but reality is never too big for an open mind/spirit. If you'd like have a jump-start about that change of heart, watch the video "The Shift" by Wayne Dyer. Its inspiring, and perhaps it'll provoke your feelings of inspiration and creativity.
Men, the women tend to have the advantage over us. Women are just more open than men, well, mostly, that is... Why? Because of their lack of physical strength in comparison to us, they've had to finesse things more than us brute-forcing men. Instead of our chest-thumping limbic style of making things happen, women use a more convincing style of leadership. A big advantage you ladies have over us... Men can easily do it too. Give up the macho stuff and become masculine. Its the most common blockage of the male mentality, and frankly the world suffers because of it... Become soft, like water. That softness can help us translate our inspiration and feelings into our own creative reality.
I look at all my Flickr.com contact's profiles. Its very important to me to feel what they are about and why they do their photographic work. I'm just learning myself. I do wish all of you the good fortune of looking "inside." Even if you don't find what you are looking for, the journey begins there, and the discovery will change your life. Here are three books to read about inspiration and seeing: "Photography and the Art of Seeing," by Freeman Patterson, and "Inspiration: Your Ultimate Calling," by Wayne Dyer, and "The Creative Process in the Individual," by Thomas Troward. Photography is a fantastic way of expressing your spiritual self, and your work shows the uniqueness of your efforts. Most don't know this, but there is much time for your creativity energies, because we're all timeless.
I love the way people express themselves through photography! It's so inspiring to me! I've done a little photography, but I've read lots of books about it. The creative process is just fascinating! Take a look around Flickr, SmugMug, or the other photo web sites. See them not with your eyes, but with your mind and spirit. As the poet Rumi says, "Sell your cleverness and purchase bewilderment." I suppose photography is about some cleverness, but to me, it's about the bewilderment of the boundless and infinite ways of portraying our place in this universe. It's all just fascinating to me! See, they aren't secrets at all... I ask, I believe, I receive, I allow, and I accept... When you make photographs, it's not about how good they are; it's about how good you feel when you make them. Feel and allow, "the fire from within..."
TC,
Michael
Copyright (C) 2010 by Michael G. Hesley
All Rights Reserved
www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/19296759
I'm surprised it isn't on Flickr.
A most common dream... I used to dream about looking for my "keys" outside on a street under a light. A woman who was walking by asked me what I was looking for... I told her my keys. She asked "Where did you lose them?" I responded, "Inside my Home." She looked at me quizzically, and asked me "Why are you looking out here for your keys when you lost them inside your Home?" My response, "Because it's light out here, and dark in there..." She suggested that I search differently inside and with my light on... So, I returned to my "home" and searched again. After a long time, I found my keys. (Oddly, I just recalled, the woman was almost alabaster white).
One of the few things I do well is systems integration, especially of computer systems. My knowledge of systems is rusty now, but, I know that the Google search engine isn't about finding facts. What I've discovered is that when looking for things, what you find is determined not by what you look for, but in how you search. They are Google's and the other search engine's most treasured secrets. It's too bad that they are also many other people's secrets, too. That mind/spirit connection is all about the why and the how. That understanding is the basis of becoming a woman (man) of knowledge. I found this in the book named "The Fire From Within," by Carlos Castaneda. "Fear of knowledge is natural; all of us experience it, and there is nothing we can do about it. But no matter how frightening learning is, it is more terrible to think of a man (woman) without knowledge." -- don Juan Matus.
The knowledge of ourselves can be very frightening, that is if you look at it from your fearful self...
Seeing is not about looking with your eyes, it's about the feeling you get from "seeing." The magic of it is about translating your dreams and making them your reality. It doesn't matter if its photography, writing a book, parenting, mentoring, or implementing a new procedure to manufacture a widget. They are all artful, and beautiful. So, if you don't find what you are looking for, change the way you look at things, and what you look at will change. I know, very New Agey, but reality is never too big for an open mind/spirit. If you'd like have a jump-start about that change of heart, watch the video "The Shift" by Wayne Dyer. Its inspiring, and perhaps it'll provoke your feelings of inspiration and creativity.
Men, the women tend to have the advantage over us. Women are just more open than men, well, mostly, that is... Why? Because of their lack of physical strength in comparison to us, they've had to finesse things more than us brute-forcing men. Instead of our chest-thumping limbic style of making things happen, women use a more convincing style of leadership. A big advantage you ladies have over us... Men can easily do it too. Give up the macho stuff and become masculine. Its the most common blockage of the male mentality, and frankly the world suffers because of it... Become soft, like water. That softness can help us translate our inspiration and feelings into our own creative reality.
I look at all my Flickr.com contact's profiles. Its very important to me to feel what they are about and why they do their photographic work. I'm just learning myself. I do wish all of you the good fortune of looking "inside." Even if you don't find what you are looking for, the journey begins there, and the discovery will change your life. Here are three books to read about inspiration and seeing: "Photography and the Art of Seeing," by Freeman Patterson, and "Inspiration: Your Ultimate Calling," by Wayne Dyer, and "The Creative Process in the Individual," by Thomas Troward. Photography is a fantastic way of expressing your spiritual self, and your work shows the uniqueness of your efforts. Most don't know this, but there is much time for your creativity energies, because we're all timeless.
I love the way people express themselves through photography! It's so inspiring to me! I've done a little photography, but I've read lots of books about it. The creative process is just fascinating! Take a look around Flickr, SmugMug, or the other photo web sites. See them not with your eyes, but with your mind and spirit. As the poet Rumi says, "Sell your cleverness and purchase bewilderment." I suppose photography is about some cleverness, but to me, it's about the bewilderment of the boundless and infinite ways of portraying our place in this universe. It's all just fascinating to me! See, they aren't secrets at all... I ask, I believe, I receive, I allow, and I accept... When you make photographs, it's not about how good they are; it's about how good you feel when you make them. Feel and allow, "the fire from within..."
TC,
Michael
Copyright (C) 2010 by Michael G. Hesley
All Rights Reserved
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