Finding the Zen
This week has been a week full of lessons…
balance, patience, persistence are requirements for the emerging photographer.
As I contemplate this week the closure of a favorite local publication, I think of that old adage “the only constant is change”.
The publishing industry is in constant flux, and this is a lesson to come early in my career and I’m glad for it:
Persistence, when one door closes another opens.
Patience, has been a bit of a challenging lesson this week too, as I look at the images I have created and yearn to be creating more, better, faster, now…
must learn to walk before I can run!
From a workshop yesterday, I took away that it takes time to secure rights, workflows & practices, and it’s better to have the patience & wait while to build a good, solid business model rather than rushing out and spreading images all around.
And, the balance, that comes from staying true to your goals and ideals — give and take, win-win, fair negotiations. Sometimes this means to say “No, thanks” to a deal or project, sometimes this means knowing when to just stay quiet and see what happens.
Of course, you could always go for a massage to enjoy a bit of Zen.
