tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18928719.post7323695102955252594..comments2023-08-04T06:49:37.801-05:00Comments on Photo Expressions: growth spurtsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18928719.post-17499372803142321742008-11-12T13:41:00.000-06:002008-11-12T13:41:00.000-06:00For me, the pursuit of mastery in itself is deeply...For me, the pursuit of mastery in itself is deeply pleasurable. The failure to achieve that mastery has its momentary frustrations; yet, the adventures encountered during the journey and the joys that are an inevitable by-product of that search are more than worth the time and energy spent. <BR/><BR/>I guess it is up to us as individuals to determine the nature of our makeup. If the pursuit of Anita Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09671820780634003286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18928719.post-8863820711714048492008-11-12T12:24:00.000-06:002008-11-12T12:24:00.000-06:00Boy....you really know how to depress someone ;-)W...Boy....you really know how to depress someone ;-)<BR/><BR/>When I began looking at purchasing a dSLR it was mostly because I was tired of missing shots of the cats. My digital point-n-shoot simply didn't fire fast enough to capture them doing whatever it was they were doing. <BR/><BR/>But once I started looking over all that my new camera could do I felt compelled to be a photographer. I was forkboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17901921831126341522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18928719.post-13993991728290597292008-11-11T03:51:00.000-06:002008-11-11T03:51:00.000-06:00I think this is a response to both this post ('gro...I think this is a response to both this post ('growth spurts") and the last one ("productive creativity").<BR/><BR/>I'm not a photographer, at least in the sense that you are. I do take pictures, but only as a means to an end, not as an end unto itself. I use my camera to illuminate my thoughts, and vice-versa. I have no ambition for it beyond that. But I am a writer, and so I do understand Paul Allan Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949656350257027060noreply@blogger.com