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<blockquote data-quote="Pretzel" data-source="post: 323392" data-attributes="member: 12257">Thanks to both of you for the kind words!Contrary to popular belief, I struggle with photo inspiration quite often.&nbsp; In fact, I'm willing to bet every photographer does more often than most suspect.&nbsp; We all want that one shot that will capture a subject that nobody has ever seen before, and... well... with so many shooters in the world...&nbsp; it just doesn't happen all that much anymore.&nbsp; At least not in my world.&nbsp; BUT... (wherever I go, there's a big one of those) one of the reasons I took on the 365 this year was to get me, and anybody else that pays attention, to realize that there is beauty, or a sense of the artistic, in every mundane moment that we pass through.&nbsp; The challenge is slowing ourselves down just enough to see it, and then MY hope is to try and capture that beauty and share it so everyone else wonders how they miss such simple things.I kind of blame the mundane patterns and electronic sensory overload we have these days.&nbsp; It's not hard to find some sort of drivel that allows us an effortless escape from the day to day world.&nbsp; And the killer is, it's endless.&nbsp; Over 300 channels! (195+ in HD!)&nbsp; 48 apps on your phone!&nbsp; Broadband streaming wherever you roam!&nbsp; Add to that the miracles of the internet in general, which allow you to interact with the world while never having to leave the comfort of your couch, whether it be forums or games or FB or... sadly, I think it's all served to create a world full of &quot;show me&quot; instead of &quot;let me discover&quot;, where things like imagination and creativity seem to disappear as it's just not needed all that much any more.Now, take a mind that settled into that for quite some time, and try to snap back out of it in your mid 40's...Ok, maybe not every photographer...&nbsp; maybe it's just me.&nbsp; But that's my struggle.(BTW, I typed and retyped this about a dozen times, and it still doesn't capture what I meant it to relay...&nbsp; think I'm gonna go out and search on the internet for someone that said it better.&nbsp; BRB)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pretzel, post: 323392, member: 12257"] Thanks to both of you for the kind words! Contrary to popular belief, I struggle with photo inspiration quite often. In fact, I'm willing to bet every photographer does more often than most suspect. We all want that one shot that will capture a subject that nobody has ever seen before, and... well... with so many shooters in the world... it just doesn't happen all that much anymore. At least not in my world. BUT... (wherever I go, there's a big one of those) one of the reasons I took on the 365 this year was to get me, and anybody else that pays attention, to realize that there is beauty, or a sense of the artistic, in every mundane moment that we pass through. The challenge is slowing ourselves down just enough to see it, and then MY hope is to try and capture that beauty and share it so everyone else wonders how they miss such simple things. I kind of blame the mundane patterns and electronic sensory overload we have these days. It's not hard to find some sort of drivel that allows us an effortless escape from the day to day world. And the killer is, it's endless. Over 300 channels! (195+ in HD!) 48 apps on your phone! Broadband streaming wherever you roam! Add to that the miracles of the internet in general, which allow you to interact with the world while never having to leave the comfort of your couch, whether it be forums or games or FB or... sadly, I think it's all served to create a world full of "show me" instead of "let me discover", where things like imagination and creativity seem to disappear as it's just not needed all that much any more. Now, take a mind that settled into that for quite some time, and try to snap back out of it in your mid 40's... Ok, maybe not every photographer... maybe it's just me. But that's my struggle. (BTW, I typed and retyped this about a dozen times, and it still doesn't capture what I meant it to relay... think I'm gonna go out and search on the internet for someone that said it better. BRB) [/QUOTE]

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