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International Lifestyle Photographer based in Johannesburg - I travel anywhere.
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@AMAZlNGNATURE That is an Obscurus 😏
@TheKiffness Had this song stuck in my head on friday and could not shake it…its too catchy 😅
@News24 @IamAlexSweet So will they be fined?
Please, with so much unemployment in SA, can @ortambo_int please get more staff at passport control. 3 employees is not sufficient!
Your development and expertise gets you as an artist closer to your unique self!
The photographer and filmmaker Arno Rafael Minkkinen has a theory of creative originality:
The Helsinki Bus Station Theory.
If you want to do unique and meaningful work, if you want to find your unique creative voice or style—Minkkinen explains, here’s what you must understand
In the heart of the city of Helsinki, there is a bus station.
Before they branch off into different directions, every bus makes the same first few stops on the way out of the city.
Like these buses—an artist, early on, can't avoid taking a similar route as the artists who came before.
"Let's say...metaphorically speaking," Minkkinen says, "you have been working for three years making platinum studies of nudes."
"You take those three years of work on the nude to [a gallery], and the curator asks if you are familiar with the nudes of Irving Penn...[or] Bill Brandt."
Realizing that your style is derivative, Minkkinen says, “You hop off the bus, grab a cab, and head straight back to the bus station looking for another platform.”
Back at the station—metaphorically speaking—you set out again to develop a new style.
Then three years later, again, you take your work to an art gallery. Again, the curator says your work looks very similar to a more famous artist. So again, you decide to get off the bus, but this time, Minkkinen himself stops you and gives you some advice:
“Stay on the bus. Stay on the f*cking bus."
If you stay on the bus...
"Soon your differences will begin to appear with clarity and intelligence. Your originality will become visible. And even the works from those very first years of trepidation when everything you did seemed to have been done before [will] all have the stamp of your unique vision.
Why? Because you stayed on the bus.”
Takeaway 1:
The visual artist Wendy MacNaughton is often asked by artists who are just starting out, "How do I develop a unique style?"
She says,
"I always ask them, 'How did you develop your handwriting?' By writing. You just kept writing and writing and writing and writing, and eventually, you created a handwriting that nobody else's handwriting looks like."
Takeaway 2:
Every artist is the sum of their influences.
John Mayer, for instance, says he often tries to imitate the late Grateful Dead legendary lead guitarist Jerry Garcia.
When somebody once said they loved the unique way in which Mayer played one of his guitar solos, Mayer said:
“That’s just me trying [to play like Jerry] and not doing it well enough…which is a wonderful technique for being yourself.
Failing to sound exactly like the person you want to sound like is a wonderful way to sound like yourself.”
- - -
I once asked Ryan Holiday about how he developed his unique writing style. He credited his influences:
“The key is that no one has the same combination of influences. It feels like me because I’m the only person to combine my interests in my way.”
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![bpoppenheimer's tweet photo. The photographer and filmmaker Arno Rafael Minkkinen has a theory of creative originality:
The Helsinki Bus Station Theory.
If you want to do unique and meaningful work, if you want to find your unique creative voice or style—Minkkinen explains, here’s what you must understand
In the heart of the city of Helsinki, there is a bus station.
Before they branch off into different directions, every bus makes the same first few stops on the way out of the city.
Like these buses—an artist, early on, can't avoid taking a similar route as the artists who came before.
"Let's say...metaphorically speaking," Minkkinen says, "you have been working for three years making platinum studies of nudes."
"You take those three years of work on the nude to [a gallery], and the curator asks if you are familiar with the nudes of Irving Penn...[or] Bill Brandt."
Realizing that your style is derivative, Minkkinen says, “You hop off the bus, grab a cab, and head straight back to the bus station looking for another platform.”
Back at the station—metaphorically speaking—you set out again to develop a new style.
Then three years later, again, you take your work to an art gallery. Again, the curator says your work looks very similar to a more famous artist. So again, you decide to get off the bus, but this time, Minkkinen himself stops you and gives you some advice:
“Stay on the bus. Stay on the f*cking bus."
If you stay on the bus...
"Soon your differences will begin to appear with clarity and intelligence. Your originality will become visible. And even the works from those very first years of trepidation when everything you did seemed to have been done before [will] all have the stamp of your unique vision.
Why? Because you stayed on the bus.”
Takeaway 1:
The visual artist Wendy MacNaughton is often asked by artists who are just starting out, "How do I develop a unique style?"
She says,
"I always ask them, 'How did you develop your handwriting?' By writing. You just kept writing and writing and writing and writing, and eventually, you created a handwriting that nobody else's handwriting looks like."
Takeaway 2:
Every artist is the sum of their influences.
John Mayer, for instance, says he often tries to imitate the late Grateful Dead legendary lead guitarist Jerry Garcia.
When somebody once said they loved the unique way in which Mayer played one of his guitar solos, Mayer said:
“That’s just me trying [to play like Jerry] and not doing it well enough…which is a wonderful technique for being yourself.
Failing to sound exactly like the person you want to sound like is a wonderful way to sound like yourself.”
- - -
I once asked Ryan Holiday about how he developed his unique writing style. He credited his influences:
“The key is that no one has the same combination of influences. It feels like me because I’m the only person to combine my interests in my way.”
Follow @bpoppenheimer for more content like this!](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxFUlUKX0AAvvv7.jpg)
Say No to @Eskom_SA for charging on Solar Power! @NERSA_ZA and @DMRE_ZA #NoCharge - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/9PvpuGMkgL via @ChangeorgSA
@PigSpotter N4 crawling with Pigs from weigh bridge till DiamondHill tollgate. Checking for motor license and drivers license.
@MasegoRahlaga Is he even registered there? oh, I forgot, he is president, he can vote where ever he wants? Probably a ploy to encourage the people of Soweto to vote ANC
@eNCA Same goes for photographers/designers and videographers trying to sell on stock libraries. The cut you as an artist get is so small.
All White Wedding Decor and Dress Inspiration now on the blog https://t.co/fVkXUHVDni
@LatestKruger saw this Baby Impala two days ago near the Malelane gate, the swelling was in his neck and lower neck. Could this be a snake bite?
Have your say:
https://t.co/oNrYk6hcwq
[BREAKING NEWS] President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 7 PM tonight. #DStv403
![eNCA's tweet photo. [BREAKING NEWS] President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation at 7 PM tonight. #DStv403 https://t.co/FlNjyTCqzI](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EmirGfEXcAI8s2S.jpg)
SABC is proposing to license all smart devices for streaming...and they only published a small ad in the @SundayTimesZA to open it up for public comment. Have your say on @DearSA_national
https://t.co/47ZvJL23Hg
@eNCA Leaving this here: https://t.co/aHhYPNmC8M
@PresidencyZA @tito_mboweni @ParliamentofRSA I learned from my dad that there is no use in throwing good money after bad @flysaa is clearly an #epicfail even b4 #covid19SA yet they are to receive R10.5 billion?! WTF? #midtermbudget #saa #nohope + let’s not forget about unnecessary ZAR spent on another statue? Unbelievable!
@eNCA R13mil spent on a statue that can’t create jobs, when our country is suffering and starving...and the cherry on top, promoting ANC!?! Did SA not just borrow billions from other countries and entities?? #Corruptioniskillingus #ORTamboStatue #ANCMustFall
@jeremycowart I think you can. ‘There are clauses in copyright law that allow for compilations, and uses of existing work freely if used in part, or if the original work has been so modified that it can’t be recognized as a reference.’ Ref from web
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