Thursday, October 31, 2013

Doing good...

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. -Thomas Jefferson

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Fitness payoffs...

Fitness payoffs: lower your risk of heart disease and diabetes by 20% and live longer.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Experience more...

What really moves you? What excites you? Write it down and find ways to experience more of this in your life. - Kelly Shipp

Monday, October 28, 2013

You are...

You are the author of your story.

Friday, October 25, 2013

It's all around us...

Beauty is all around us. If it is not evident to you, search for it and you may be surprised by what you find. - Kelly Shipp

Thursday, October 24, 2013

The future...

Predicting the future is easy... it's implementing the future that is hard.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Think outside...

Think outside. No box required.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

How much is your art worth?...

You want to know how much your art is worth? Exactly how much you say it is worth. If you don't place value on your work, no one else will either.

Monday, October 21, 2013

Focus and simplicity...

"That's been one of my mantras -- focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains." - Steve Jobs

Friday, October 18, 2013

Internal freedom...

The more internal freedom you achieve, the more you want: it is more fun to be happy than sad, more enjoyable to choose your own emotions than to have them inflicted on you by mechanical glandular processes, more pleasurable to solve your problems than to be stuck with them forever.~ Robert Wilson

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Storytellers...

Storytellers can broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us. - Robert Redford

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

In time...

If you had a time machine, would you prefer to travel into the past or into the future?

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Ability is...

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. -Lou Holtz

Monday, October 14, 2013

Breakthroughs...

Big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately necessary. - Thomas Friedman

Friday, October 11, 2013

Not intimidated...

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain — he is inspired by it. — William Artur Ward

Thursday, October 10, 2013

More than just a photograph...

If I can get just a small percentage of viewers to see more than just a photograph, I feel that I've achieved the goal of sharing more than just a photograph. - Kelly Shipp

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Reveals and hides...

A great photograph is one that both reveals and hides something. - Jeff Rosenheim

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Tea...

According to a Dartmouth Medical School study, people who drink 2+ cups of green or black tea, are less likely to develop skin cancer than non-tea drinkers.

Monday, October 7, 2013

Value of a man...

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving. -Albert Einstein

Friday, October 4, 2013

You become things...

You become things, you become an atmosphere, and if you become it, which means you incorporate it within you, you can also give it back. You can put this feeling into a picture. A painter can do it. And a musician can do it and I think a photographer can do that too, and that I would call dreaming with open eyes. ~ Ernst Haas (1921-1986)

Thursday, October 3, 2013

The Composer's score...

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways. -Ansel Adams

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Happiness...

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Who make us happy...

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. -Marcel Proust