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Here's a Thought… #2779 with Brooks Jensen
Looking for Solutions, Not Gear
The other day I was talking about the use of Polaroids in the field and more recently LCD screens to overcome my limitations in seeing two-dimensionally. A podcast listener, Howard Lester, emailed an alternative. His suggestion was more brilliant than I first understood. He suggested just closing one eye. It never occurred to me to look for a solution for this problem that did not involve gear. Why do we always look to gear to solve a problem?
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Here's a Thought… #2782 with Brooks Jensen
Each of us (both as art-maker and as art-lover) makes decisions about our relationship with art -- ours and other's. What is the purpose of our art? What art do we choose to surround ourselves with? Conscious of it or not, we all have a "personal philosophy" about art. Here's mine.