Surround Yourself with Creative People
It wasn’t the first time I had heard it but when I read one of the articles in the latest issue of Layers Magazine about creating compelling photographs I was really struck by such a simple and obvious yet profound concept: surround yourself with artists to grow as an artist.
The basic idea around that portion of the article was that there are so many people who are likely, even eager, to be naysayers and messengers of doom and gloom who are probably only looking to build themselves up by making those around them feel small and discouraged. The author of the article describes being around these types of people like being exposed to second-hand smoke. Not only should you not breathe it in, you should run as fast as you can in the opposite direction. (more…)
