LETS MAKE SOME MISTAKES

If I grow and grow, I can give you more of me.
I learn so that I can teach you more.
I strive for wisdom so that I can encourage your truth.
-Leo Buscaglia


Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.

Art is knowing which ones to keep.

-Scott Adams

PLAY LIKE YOURSELF

You have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.

-Miles Davis

Well said, Mr Davis. -Cate

DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

-Diane Arbus

The more comfortable I become with photography technique and the workings of my cameras - my tools - the more I crave studying the history of art and artists.  I still collect books on technique but more and more these days I find myself borrowing library books and even making an occasional coffee table book purchase (these big gigantic tombs of knowledge) on the people who create the art we love to love.

I first studied the work of Diane Arbus back in college.

Every now and then I seem to come back to her, grab a book or two from the library and delve a little deeper into Diane's world.  If you are not familiar with the intriguing and mysterious world of Ms Arbus, you may want to start with a quick google search.  Although, to really know her work, I encourage you to read a bit about the thoughts (and controversy) behind her images.  In my opinion, there is a lot more to it than meets the eye.  -Cate

Ps.  If you find you like the work of Diane Arbus, you might also be intrigued by the genius of an up and coming photographer who's said to be inspired by her style as well.  Federico Erra.   Federico's Flickr Page and Federico's Blog

WHERE DO YOU SEE BEAUTY

When you respond to something because it's so beautiful, 

you're really looking at the soul of the person who made it.  

- Alice Walker

Don't wait for inspiration - pursue it.

-Sarah Forster

Where do you see beauty? 

What type of beauty do you like to find with your camera?

Cheers, Cate

THE DUST OF EVERYDAY LIFE

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

-Pablo Picasso

A bit of fact on the much celebrated and talented artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973):

It's said that he died in the middle of a dinner party he and his wife were hosting, for friends, at their home in France.  His last words: "Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink any more." And then he dropped dead. What a grand finish for a brilliant life.

And on that note, Elvis has left the building.  -Cate

A WORLD WITHIN YOU

Think of the world you carry within you.

-Rainer Maria Rilke

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We ask ourselves,

"Who am I to be:

Brilliant.

Gorgeous.

Talented.

Fabulous?

Actually,

Who are you not to be?

-Marianne Williamson

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Your past is not your potential.

In any hour you can liberate the future.

-Marilyn Ferguson

I'm feeling in need of some inspiration.  Looking through some favorite collected quotes, I thought I'd share some inspiration on Days of Cate today.  -Cate

GROW! GROW!

Every blade of grass has an angel that bends over it and whispers, 

"Grow!  Grow!" 

- Talmud

What a lovely thought.  Do you suppose the same is true for artists?  All my best, Cate

USING UP CREATIVITY

You can't use up creativity.

The more you use,

The more you have.

-Maya Angelou

THE CAMERA IS MY INSTRUMENT

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange is one of my favorite photographers.
She is most known for the amazing work she created during the United States Great Depression of the 1930's.  Documentary images, on location, tending crops, in the fields, and migrant camps of rural America.  If you are not yet familiar with Ms Lang's imagery, her work is worth a Google.  All my best, Cate

YOUR OWN MONA LISA

You cannot paint the "Mona Lisa" by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters.

William F. Buckley

WORDS TO KEEP

More words for me to keep tucked into my journal.

Cate

"Live so that when

your children think of

fairness,

caring,

& integrity,

they think of you."

{H. J. Brown Jr.}


"Earn your success
based on service to others,
not at the expense of others."
{H.J. Brown Jr}

THINKING THOUGHTS: VITAMINS FOR MY SMILE

I collect inspirational quotes.  

I've done this since, oh, as long as I can remember.

I stash them in pretty journals, 

or on scraps of paper in my wallet and pocket and camera bag.

Like vitamins for my peace of mind, 

they find me and nourish me just when I need their words the most.

This morning I thought I'd share a few on my blog,  

just incase a reader or two likes them too.  

Thanks for stopping by to visit me.  Cate

"Wherever you are,

Whatever you're doing,

Choose thoughts

That knit your heart

Together,

Rather than

Tear it apart."

{Martha Beck}

"To become learned,

Each day add something.

To become enlightened,

Each day let go of something."

{Lao Tzu}

Imagination vs. Knowledge

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

-Albert Einstein

The Juice Will Come

As long as you can start, you are all right.  

The juice will come.

-Ernest Hemingway