Artistic Concepts and Processes

We all know what an essay is, right? We've all had experience in school writing one or, at least, reading one--a short, opinionated writing about a specific subject. However, there is an alternative definition, one we often don't consider --an initial attempt or endeavor. It is vital for us to create without being afraid to fail, essayer as the French put it, to attempt. In doing so we become more familiar with a process or technique and eventually, with enough attempts, we can become experts.

Here is a sample of my attempts...

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Monday, September 19, 2011

On a Walk Around the House

I didn't do as well in my Photo 1 class as I had hoped to. That's not very good for me, especially for this thing I'm going to school for, this thing I'm supposed to be good at. And maybe I could blame it on my instructor, say some mean things about him, and maybe I could blame it on missing one too many class periods, or maybe I could even blame it on overdeveloping my film the entire semester but thinking my ISO button was messed up. Sure, I could blame it on any one of those things. But I'll be the bigger man, I'll take the responsibility for my grade. I didn't really put my heart into it, and frankly, if we're being honest here, I've never had to put my heart into any school work to get an A. That's another story for another day...

1/640s at f/5.6 ISO 400
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