{"id":13916,"date":"2014-09-20T04:30:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T08:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=13916"},"modified":"2014-09-20T04:30:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T08:30:55","slug":"unlocking-the-secrets-of-the-creative-process-part-2-a-conversation-with-photographer-eric-meola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/13916\/unlocking-the-secrets-of-the-creative-process-part-2-a-conversation-with-photographer-eric-meola\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cUnlocking The Secrets Of The Creative Process – Part 2\u201d A Conversation With Photographer Eric Meola"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nPhotographer Eric Meola<\/a> and I share our insights on the creative process in this three-part conversation. In the second installment, we share our influences from photography to poetry. I also discuss my fascination with and the influence of quotes.
\nEM:\u00a0<\/strong>How long have you collected quotes? You seem to have hundreds if not thousands at your site.
\nJP:\u00a0<\/strong>At an early age, I started noticing that most of us use quotes in our daily conversation and even in our internal dialogs. I really want to know what\u2019s influencing my thinking and why. Sometimes we know who to attribute them to, sometimes we don\u2019t, and sometimes they really are unattributable or anonymous. Often we paraphrase them, less frequently we use them precisely. I still marvel at people who can quote paragraphs and even pages, word for word. I haven\u2019t learned that skill. Currently, I\u2019m limited to a few phrases. But that\u2019s OK. I prefer quotes that are short and sweet. Like haiku poetry, short quotes can almost instantaneously create a powerful impression with just a few words. These highly distilled packets are both impactful and memorable.
\nOften the idea behind the quote is linked with its author. Proper attribution is important. It\u2019s good form to give credit where credit is due. It helps you understand what, when, and why something has been said. It helps you clarify sources, including yourself.
\nSometimes these ideas become so common that sources are forgotten and we hear them paraphrased. Have ideas like this been repeated so frequently that they\u2019ve become a part of the fabric of our minds? More recently, I\u2019ve also become interested in how these ideas echo through the ages. Here\u2019s one example. \u201cWe don\u2019t see things as they are. We see things as we are.\u201d Is this Confucius, The Talmud, or Anais Nin? Do we default to the earliest source? Or are there some ideas that are pan-cultural or even inevitable?
\nThere are so many great books to read that I figure no book is worth reading if I\u2019m not interested in making marks in the margins; one mark indicates a quote I want to be able to retrieve.
\nI used to collect my favorite quotes in folders filled with photocopies. Now I collect them digitally. Sharing quotes in social networks has further stimulated my activity\u2014it\u2019s interesting to see who reacts to what and how, and even what people don\u2019t react to. You can find more quotes, almost daily, in my\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0feeds.
\nI wish I had a photographic memory. I\u2019d love to remember them all\u2014precisely.
\nEM:\u00a0<\/strong>What are some of your favorite quotes?
\nJP:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u201cThe only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.\u201d That\u2019s from Marcel Proust.
\n\u201cLet the beauty we love be what we do.\u201d \u2014 Rumi
\n\u201cBe the change you want to see in the world.\u201d \u2014 Mahatma Gandhi
\nHere\u2019s\u00a0a link\u00a0<\/a>to a fuller set of my favorite quotes.
\nAnd here\u2019s\u00a0a link\u00a0<\/a>to a set of your favorite quotes.
\nAlso, here\u2019s\u00a0a link\u00a0<\/a>to sets of other photographer\u2019s favorite quotes.
\nA Japanese proverb says, \u201cWhen the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.\u201d I think of the quotes we remember as the mental company we keep.
\nRead more of Part 2\u00a0here.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\nRead Part 1 here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>
\nRead my interview of Eric here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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