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Sage Advice: You Don’t Owe Life Nothing

Woman wearing green holding a glass of gin with peppermint leaves and a lime wedge with a straw shot with Leica John Masters

“You don’t owe life nothing”. My dear wife said this to me after I was complaining about the changing reality of photography and how it is getting harder to adapt and other general complaints about these changing times.

“Just to be clear I do not sit around complaining in the daily about photography and the situation of trying to take good photographs these days.”

But occasionally, when I sit and think back to what was, and the past, my experiences with photography in my younger days. Well, I start to lament the passing of those days, and I might speak to it aloud instead of the thought just lying dormant in my head or on infinity loop.

Photography has changed, and that is a fact. I cannot really say it is a terrible thing but I at this point cannot say it is good. I just need to find my place in this new landscape adapt or drown.

I think the underlying message from her was for me to stop whining about it and just do my thing… Sage advice – I will follow orders as directed…

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5 responses to “Sage Advice: You Don’t Owe Life Nothing”

  1. what’s going on with photography since i left? it’s nice to see you posting!

    1. Hey ! To be honest I have not been shooting as much as I used too. Partly from photo block partly being selective. But yes trying to get back into the groove. How goes it?!

  2. AI has changed what it is to be a creative. I write as well as paint, but am afraid AI will overtake us like it has eveyy other asperct of life.

    1. Yes I would agree with your assessment- I think caution is the best approach but in reality I think the cat is out of the bag so to speak.

      1. Yes, and it’s near impossible to put a cat back in a bag. 😕

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