Success Through Failure: How Shame and Fear Made Me A Better Photographer
February 6th, 2015 I made a run at completing a 365 portrait project. Once a day for a year I would take a photo of a new face, no repeats, no…
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Creative Risk is Worth It: Go Looking for Trouble
There is no better feeling than when the work is easy. When you go back to a project and you feel the ideas flowing and your hands moving effortlessly and…
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Joel Grimes: How to Win Over Art Directors with the Power of Eight
Landing work as a photographer can be difficult. Even the most talented photographers will occasionally deal with rejection, since there are so many talented artists vying for work. With 26…
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Why Creative Jobs Seem Harder – And Why That’s A Good Thing
I was reading the wonderful show business biography Act One, by the legendary playwright Moss Hart, when the following passage struck me: "It is taken for granted that a cabinetmaker…
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3 Reasons You Should Pay Attention To Creative Blocks
There is no greater pitfall for creative types than not feeling creative. These blocks have haunted artists since the beginning of art and, like a hangover, there is no surefire…
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How to Banish Fear of Failure: Learn to Live With It
Creative Mornings — the morning breakfast lecture series started by Tina Roth Eisenberg — has tackled a wide range of topics, ranging from the abstract (like colors) to the concrete…
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How Do You Stay Creative in the Face of Failure?
If you feel like living a creative life is just one long series of small disappointments (and sometimes huge blows to the ego), you're not alone — plenty of other…
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How Elizabeth Gilbert Uses Creativity to Cope with Failure
When you think about the best-selling novel Eat, Pray, Love, you probably think about delicious Italian food, Julia Roberts wandering around India, and the book's author, Elizabeth Gilbert, who was…
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