Often times, as almost every artist I know, I find myself in a creative slump. Perhaps it’s the area that I live in. Midland, TX doesn’t seem to inspire me as a contemporary photographer and that may have to do with me having grown up here, but it shouldn’t stop me. Still… I find myself in a creative slump.
I don’t think I’ve taken my camera out in a couple weeks which is rare.
Too many excuses. Too little time. Too many excuses.
But even when I don’t find myself capturing images, I still spend time looking at photographs. Reading books on photography and art really helps me to cope with these down times.
Currently reading (or rather flipping through): Sketches: Organizing Arts edited by Elizabeth Chodos + Kerry Schneider
Really enjoying so much about it. It’s a great insight into the creative minds of arts administrators. Sometimes I feel like I would be a better curator than an artist. I guess I’m too hard on myself sometimes.
…In with the new.
That’s how the old saying goes, right?
It seems that many newspapers have been pulling the plug on… well, their business. Sort of anyway.
I wrote about this before when facebook squared off with newspapers.
So I can’t be surprised to read Scoble’s question on whether or not newpapers have a shot.
Well, I suppose they do. It’s a matter of whether they’re willing to make the changes that some of the more forward thinking “papers” have done and move online.
So my question is: Do newspapers have to change their name as a business?
They have to change their business model if they want to succeed. That theory becomes more evident as technology gets more portable and accessible. There is a final frontier in all of this. Those who aren’t quite “plugged in” 24/7. It seems that group gets smaller and smaller before my very eyes.
I imagine a world, not far from now, where my children will grow up really knowing about computers and technology. I mean knowing. I didn’t know about it. I learned it. Much like most of you have learned it. My kiddos will just end up knowing it.
My oldest turns 3 this month. Her favorite toy right now is her Barbie laptop. I’m just saying…
