Alan Edward Klein
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Sounds like a mid-life crisis. "All is vanity. What's the point?"
A good read of Ecclesiastes might help.
A good read of Ecclesiastes might help.
I really hope i did not offend you. And thanks for pointing it out. I thought i was just giving some insight. Be well.
Not offended at all. I mostly didn't want you to waste time trying to solve a issue that seems to have been solved, one way or the other, a long time ago.
As I said, I found the original 2010 post very moving. We all go through periods of stalled creativity — even Beethoven wasn't able to compose for four or five years —, but the fact that decolorante hasn't been seen here since 2012 makes it look like he never really got his mojo back. Impossible to know. What makes this old thread even more poignant is that almost everybody that was trying to help him out back then has also left APUG, as it was known...
Tempus fugit.
Nikonlens, thanks for your thoughts on a range of issues that have affected you and probably most of us in one form or another. What I wasn't so clear about was whether you have now switched back to film at least partially as a result of your experiences or remain a 100% digital photographer.
pentaxuser
I also found the thread very interesting and moving. I joined Apug in 2007, and I miss some of the people who were very active on the forum back then, but have since left. I also miss some of the conversations from around that time. Today's Apug/Photrio is different. Not better or worse, just different, and so is film photography.
You do realize you're replying to a 13-year-old post, right ?
And OP hasn't been seen here since 2012... Moving post nevertheless. Wonder if he moved on from photography or realized that this wasn't the place to help him rekindle his inspiration...
No he's not. The thread is 13 years old, but the post he is responding to is new. I found the thread very much worth reading.
No he's not. The thread is 13 years old, but the post he is responding to is new. I found the thread very much worth reading.
Reviviing Karl K's little anecdote on the first page made revisiting the thread worthy to me, thanks
He was replying to Valerie's post dated May 7th, 2010.
As I mentioned, this is a good thread. I don't mind that he was answering an old post — not a pet peeve —, I just didn't want him to waste his time expecting an answer or comment.
decolorante,
So many of us have been there--you are certainly not alone. My photography background was very saturated in the "art" and passion-and very light in the "technical". So when I found apug, I felt like a dry sponge thrown into the sea... more to take in than I could ever manage. For a while I was incredibly discouraged looking at the breathtakingly beautiful work here and knowing I'd likely never be able to shoot and print like that. Over time we realize that it is just a phase... persevere and you will come out the other side a stronger photographer. The fun and passion returns.
One of the things that helped me was a cd by Clarrissa Pinkola Estes called The Creative Fire. (Directed toward female artists, but so much that is relevant to all artists). And pick up a Holga, Brownie, etc!
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