"A Genius is someone who simply has fewer stop signs in their head." part 1

"A Genius is someone who simply has fewer stop signs in their head." part 1

This week and next I am dedicating to those things that keep YOU from doing art. I
have 10 'Stop Signs' that can stop you in your creative tracks faster than a head-on
with a semi. They may seem harsh, but that is because they are. Just imagine Simon
Cowell talking to an artist instead of a singer and you will get the attitude I am
trying to put forth here.

Stop sign #1 - it's boring. Answer: No, YOU are boring. Not the place, person or
event. If you can't take interesting photos wherever you are, then YOU aren't
interesting and you aren't interesting because you aren't INTERESTED in the world
around you. Look at details, look from the floor, look straight down, look in a corner.



I saw this as we were walking into Eskimo Joe's in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It was the
hostess leaning up against the glass brick seen from outside and it was as boring a
scene as you can imagine. I bet thousand of people have gone by that glass brick
when someone was leaning up against it and not one noticed or took a photo. Why not?
Because they didn't expect to see anything worth noticing and weren't paying
attention. Pay attention to unexpected angles and views.