God creates... you create

A miniscule sampling of God's unbelievable creativity...

Now go create...

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A still shot of our dining room table at Christmas time.

Doing is the key

The medium must always be in service to the content.       Blaine Hogan

If you don't have the best camera; if you don't have Photoshop; if you don't have script writing software; if you don't have a fancy keyboard; if you don't have the latest edition of Word; if you don't have a secretary.....  create anyway.

Rarely does the lack of tools restrict what we can do creatively. An entire photography book was written using only iPhone photos. Successful movies have been shot with home video recorders. One man launched his directing career by shooting a short film entirely on a DSLR camera that happened to have video capabilities.

Equipment is good. Vision is vital. Doing is the key.

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Around here (Columbiana, OH) the end of summer is signaled by fields of corn that rise up and stand guard for a short period of time.

 

Start with what moves you

I don't make my livelyhood from graphic design. But if I did, I think it would be very hard to continually create someone else's ideas or vision. I have great respect for artists that can take a concept and develop it graphically, especially when it's not their own. I suppose in that case, the satisfaction comes more from being able to interpret ideas and then translate them graphically. That's an incredible talent to be proud of.

But for the times when we get to just free style our art, my advice is to start with what moves you. If you are writing a novel, make sure there are times when you have to look through tears to see your computer monitor. If you are composing a song, let the music express your most joyous thoughts or your most desparate fears. For everything you do creatively, try and capture the extreme emotions that are only yours, even if you never tell anyone what actually drove your creation.

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 I drove through Mill Creek Park last night and got some shots. This is Lanterman's Mill (with a few tweaks from Photoshop).