Tag Archives: Challenges

Breath of Life

Posted on March 6, 2017 by

Choosing a creative path isn’t always an easy course to travel. It’s a path of much struggle. At the same time, though, it’s also a path of much joy and fulfilment. For me creativity is a healing path. Part of … Continue reading →

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Riding the Waves

Posted on December 12, 2016 by

The road to success isn’t paved with gold—or, navigating only through calm waters, to use the analogue I like to think of when talking about creativity; the interaction between man and sea. The path to success is navigating through foul … Continue reading →

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Last Week’s Instagram

Posted on December 9, 2016 by

Since my last post where I talked about the problems I—and the whole media business as such—is facing, I have received so much encouraging and positive feedback, I want to thank you all for such a wonderful response. I have … Continue reading →

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When Catastrophe Hits You

Posted on December 5, 2016 by

Sometimes we just have to take the bad with the good. The reality is that nothing is so bad that it can’t be good for something. If we can only wrap our heads around and see the misfortune—whatever it might … Continue reading →

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The Disparaging Gap

Posted on January 26, 2016 by

Have you ever felt frustrated because the result of your creative endeavour didn’t live up to your expectations? Of course you have – it’s a rhetorical question. Everybody does. Ever so often we all feel we are not able to … Continue reading →

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All Good Things Are Three – Or Bad

Posted on September 6, 2015 by

Over the last couple of weeks I have challenged you, my readers, with a few photographic tasks. The response has been more than expected and I have been impressed by the creativity and visual approach to the two challenges I … Continue reading →

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The Curse of Perfectionism

Posted on April 21, 2015 by

I used to believe in perfectionism. Nothing could ever be good enough. And, yes, whatever I did was pretty good. But what I didn’t realize back then is how limiting the need for everything to be perfect was for my … Continue reading →

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