"Tell me that this is a shitty photo. (It is) Tell me that you could have done better. (You could have) Tell me that I didn’t need a $5000 camera to capture this. (I didn’t) Then tell me how I would feel without this photo, and tell me how photography sucks."
The above is what wrapped it up for me. What an amazing blog. This should be required reading for any aspiring photographer just starting out, and all the 'old pros' still out there slogging away at making a living from photography. Unusually for me, I read the whole thing from top to bottom. Just amazing.