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The Deed and the Glory
What I couldn’t know was how living as an artist, spending more time outdoors, investing more time in experiences and in pursuit of personal interests, and making do with less income, would change me as a person. more
Regarding Passion
It is the journey, not the destination, which is most important to the harmoniously passionate individual. Why else, for instance, would you wish to become a writer if you don't enjoy the act of dancing with words? more
Moments of Grace
In a moment of grace, one does not necessarily feel compelled to any action—creative or other—but rather to appreciation, to satisfaction, to hope, and to acceptance. more
The Intimate Panorama
In landscapes with a horizon, a 6:17 view provides a broad sweep of a rather natural scan by the eye of the viewer, but it is not evident that this will also be suitable for landscape details. more
Art and Mental Health
The same can be said when we, as creatives, post a new piece of art online for the world to see. Though we may tell ourselves, initially, that it does not matter how many *likes* or comments we receive. when we don’t receive what we might expect or hope for, we may find ourselves wishing we had never posted the piece. more
The Art and the Artist
There are many who live their lives as artists but earn a living in other professions (or perhaps are fortunate to not have to earn a living at all), and there are also many professional artists for whom art is primarily a means of earning income rather than an expression of an intensified life. more
Potsherding
‘Potsherding’—that is, methodically plodding the newly ploughed sweetcorn fields of southeastern Massachusetts looking for indigenous people’s artefacts in the fresh furrows. more
The Body Keeps the Score
The title of my miniature project comes from a book I found on my mum’s shelves as I cleared the house. more
Disinterested Interest
The quality that distinguishes aesthetic judgment from other forms of judgment, is what Kant referred to by a term that, to the misfortune of present-day English speakers, had been confusingly translated as, “disinterestedness.” more
The Eyewitness Tradition
Photography is so ubiquitous, universal and essential to the normal functioning of modern life that it is easy to forget it has not been with us forever. more
Losing Your Way
There are several stages in the creation of an image, and all can have a substantial outcome on its final appearance and the impact to the viewer. The beginning is evident. We head out into the landscape with our cameras and we do this for several reasons. more
My Important Way
Experiences are the building blocks of life. If making a popular and lucrative photograph requires that one eschew more elevated and personally meaningful experiences, even if yielding no product, then I say: to hell with that photograph. more
QT Luong – Portrait of a Photographer
QT Luong was the first person to photograph all 62 National Parks, an impressive feat on its own right; however, he did so with a large format film camera. more
A Year of Photographs
Not necessarily my best pictures of the year, they are nevertheless ones that I am fond of, or intrigued by…and which haven’t yet appeared in On Landscape! The captions aim to provide a little background to their origins, and why I chose them. more
Mindfulness With a Twist
When I practice mindfulness, I don’t aspire to rid myself completely of strong emotions. My goal, instead, is to filter my emotions and keep only those that are most elevating and beautiful, even if painful and difficult. more