Comments on: Inspiration: Getting Personal

By: Shaleah

Shaleah — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:36:09 +0000

I am in complete agreement with the Robert Adams quote. In the end- thats what MOVES us, the creator- not the creation. In its most inspirational form, the creation tells the story of the creators experience in some way. I think its that humanity that I connect to most. I so appreciate that you get this and what’s more, you are living it.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:44:40 +0000

i feel really inspired by your intentionality and ability to take in the world around you as a creator yourself. here is a quote that i thought you might appreciate. it’s from Mark Buchanan’s “The Rest of God: Restoring your soul by restoring sabbath” “maybe that’s what God requires most from us: our attention. Indeed, this is the essence of a sabbath heart: paying attention. It is being fully present, wholly awake, in each moment. It is the trained ability to inabit our own existence without remainder, so that even the simplest things-the in and out of our own breathing, the coolness of tiles on our bare feet, the way wind sculpts clouds into crocodiles or polar bears-gain the force of discovery and revelation.”

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:16:51 +0000

Thanks so much…. I really appreciate it!

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:16:05 +0000

Great questions. I absolutely LOVE this photo. I’ve seen many, yet this one continues to haunt me years after my first meeting with it. It really is incredible. Definitely one of Adams’ more memorable images….

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:14:19 +0000

Thanks for the lead, Miguel… I checked out her photos – very active, yet poignant at the same time….

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:33:20 +0000

Chris, it is great to see what you are up to. As always I miss you and love you!

It is really this may with everything I think. Only when we put ourselves, our experience, our presence into what we do is it meaningful.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:05 +0000

What’s interesting about this photograph to me is the neatly groomed lawn, the straight edges of the home and the bricks…and the woman inside and her pose–I wonder, who is she? Is the inside of her home just as intricately “put together?” Is SHE put together? Is the home a facade for something?

By: Miguel N.

Miguel N. — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:21:27 +0000

Chris,

Check out the photography of Graciela Iturbide. There was an exhibit at the Getty a couple of years ago.

Her pictures are an inspiration for my current films.