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As I write this, I am finishing up another week on the road: Quilt Market in Kansas City, and a few days in New York at a design show, and visiting the Metropolitan Art Museum.
I've had enough visual input to last me for quite awhile, and I am sorting through the list of images in my head: Modern Quilts from Kansas City, artwork trends from the design show, Prada and Schiaparelli from the Met's Costume Institute, and the new Islamic wing at the Met.
Sometimes it is the most simple things that are the most inspiring. I come back to New York once a year (I used to live here), and every few years, if I am lucky, it rains while I am visiting. Then I grab my camera and run over to Times Square, so I can photograph the lights reflecting off the wet pavement. I come to New York without expectation, but with a plan for my time here. Then I wait to see what will happen.
So today an old friend (who is a sculptor) met me at the Met so we could see the costume exhibit and take a tour of the new Islamic wing. After lunch, she said she had to go visit some pieces she had found on an archaeological dig in the south of France, 35 years ago. She said whenever she visits the Met she has to go visit these pieces that she dug up. They are old Viking artifacts from burial sites, and after listening to her wax rhapsodic on the topic of bronze buckles and glass beads, I got excited about something there that I never knew existed.
Expectations can be a Creativity Killer. Setting goals is great, but being attached to expectations can put blinders on your creative vision. I try to start every day with an open mind – releasing unconscious expectations – so I can truly be present to fully experience what the day brings. When I am traveling, and especially when I go to a trade show or an art museum, the day is full of endless delightful possibilities, as a result.
When I snapped this photo on a rainy night in Times Square, I had no expectation of the outcome. I just captured the reflected colors, and then opened myself to the possibilities. After playing around with filters in Photoshop, I exceeded my goals with this photo. All I needed was a little rain, and an open eye.
(The photo above was taken by Luana in Times Square, New York City, and edited in Photoshop.)
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