The Journey Into Art (Stages Along The Way)

Today I had an open house and reception for the presentation of this project.

It was very well received and gratifying to talk to so many people about my work and its evolution over the last 12 years...

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something...

The true wilderness experience is one, not of escaping but of finding one’s self by seeking the wilderness.

- Howard Zahniser

A playa is a dried-up lake bed within a desert basin...

Creativity goes away when the most important thing in life is surviving.

As most know, my primary profession is medicine, and the past 6-8 weeks have been quite hectic, to say the least. Thankfully I have not had to fight for the survival of my life nor for others in my personal and professional circles...

How does one start on an artistic journey in landscape photography? I knew from the first time I invested in my first “good” digital camera; I would eventually want to express something unique in my work...

I see many, many ads for tools that help you create images (and I presume prints) fast with presets or other shortcuts.

Most of my best works take 1+-5+ hours to create. The farther I go along this path, the more time it takes for me to finish a piece...

These words "focusing and limiting one's work allows for greater creativity" are some of the most misunderstood and disbelieved words I have ever heard. How can limiting oneself result in greater creativity? That make no sense, right? Greater freedom should result in greater creativity...