“At the root of creativity is an impulse to understand, to make sense of random and often unrelated details. For me, photography provides an intersection of time, space, light, and emotional stance. One needs to be still enough, observant enough, and aware enough to recognize the life of the materials, to be able to ‘hear through the eyes.”
Paul Caponigro
Hopefully I’m learning to be a listener. It is at the heart of any solid conversation. We cannot communicate well if we are only a talker, we have to be a listener as well. It seems that Paul Caponigro is saying we need to be listening to all that is around us to bring forth creativity in our photography.
I would also like to share a link to David LeLand Hyde’s post from Thursday. I suggest checking it out.
4 Comments
Tom Dills
I love those words, Monte! Too many of us spend far too much time with our mouths open to know what is going on around us. Whether in photography or life in general, we accomplish more by listening than by talking. Words to live by, and you can see the results when we do.
Have a great weekend!
Monte Stevens
Thanks, Tom. It is a daily practice for me this learning to listen and see.
David Leland Hyde (@
Thanks a lot for the link, Monte. I appreciate you reading Landscape Photography Blogger. Always enjoy popping in here too. Keep up the great photo journal. You have a unique gift to offer the world.
Monte Stevens
Thanks, David. We all have gifts to offer, some of us are afraid or unaware of those gifts.