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The Moment is Now
Of course the real question is how do you grow as a human being, but for now, let us look at it through a prism of a photography craft.
There was a moment when I asked myself:
Ok, you know how to use a camera and take somewhat good pictures. You got your first page in a magazine that miraculously was featured on Japanese TV. What’s next?
What next? How do you grow?
When I taught in a movie school I used to say that real growth happens in your private time — work is where you put your growth to practice, and as much as its process may be educational, the results are everything on a job and if you happen to learn something from it, then you’re lucky.
Work is easy growth — cause doing work is a common responsibility, growing in your personal time is hard work ーnobody watches over you, you are your own judge.
The moment is always now.
You live in your mind on your own time, and your mind is your only enemy, a mischievous monkey unless you discipline it to be your…
