Tag: quote

The Story

>The name of the game now is not to see who has the better camera but to see who can tell a better story without regard to anything else. I think we’re all smart photographers. The goal now is to go out there and find something that’s more interesting than what people expect you to shoot.

Jorge was writing a response to a [something he read on Jeremy Stewart](http://folio.jorgeq.com/post/13011862121/more-curiosity-about-people-and-culture)'s blog but Jorge's writing resonated with me. For each and every photo I upload to my blog I feel compelled to write something that tells a story – if not of the photo then of something else. Lately I've been struggling to find "the story". I'm either to tired to think of one or perhaps – and I think this is true – I'm simply not taking photos that inspire. Back to learning.

The Crazy One

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.

The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.

About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward.

Maybe they have to be crazy.

How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?

We make tools for these kinds of people.

While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

Goodbye Steve.

September 2nd, 2011 - Nothing unreal exists

My son and I have watched Star Trek all summer on Netflix streaming — the original series, the Next Generation, Voyager — plus all the movies. We've still got a long way to go, but as we go along, I notice he's turning into a mini-geek Sci-Fi, enjoying himself and even quoting lines from the shows.

My favourite is this line by Spock from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

Nothing unreal exists.

Pondering that, I realized how much science fiction had affected my life philosophy. While others might quote from the Bible or the Qu'ran or Torah, I can quote lines from the Bene Gesserit Litany against Fear (Frank Herbert's Dune).

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is a little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

Yeah! I love sci-fi.