Comments on: The Creative Pendulum

By: Jimmy Gekas

Jimmy Gekas — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:30:00 +0000

Great image, Guy. I find this post of yours to be relaxing to me. By this, I simply mean that it is human to go thru these swings and one cannot fight it. Just go with the flow and keep on doing your thing with an open mind and open vision.

By: Glen Goffin

Glen Goffin — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:39:25 +0000

Well written and enjoyable post. Thank you. Your picture is a delight! Sometimes I think it’s finding that subject or model that just inspires us. In a drought, I came upon a simple dogwood tree that was beautiful from every angle and every light and I couldn’t take a bad picture of it. I know it wasn’t the tree, it was that I fell in love with the tree.

By: Jim Goldstein

Jim Goldstein — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:15:16 +0000

Inspiring Guy. The creative process is anything but simple and as things ebb and flow it’s important for artists to keep their wits. Thanks for the thought provoking post.

By: Paul Marcellini

Paul Marcellini — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:01:01 +0000

Man I hit that right before Africa. I’m sure waiting for Africa had something to do with it, but I just didn’t even want to go to the Everglades. I have found switching scales helps sometimes. Going for macro instead of landscapes sometimes revamps an interest. Another great read Guy. Hope the book sales have been what you wanted.

By: Younes Bounhar

Younes Bounhar — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:58:54 +0000

“The unseen difference is the level of personal satisfaction that comes from those few truly inspired works, and the self doubt that comes when such works become fewer and farther between. ” Well said! There’s days where you wonder if you’ll ever make “an inspiring” picture again (on a personal level that is), yet, it’s that desire that keeps my engine running.
Oh, and fantastic shot by the way.

By: Laurent

Laurent — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:50:27 +0000

Sweet image, Guy. And too true about “down time.” While I love spring, I find it the hardest season to photograph, and I have a hard time finding inspiration when it’s so windy, and I’m hot, and I can’t seem to make anything look good on the camera. Such is life; one can only keep trying…