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Originally Posted by Ed Sukach  ...much less influenced by internal dialog |
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I wonder if any here have participated in a Life Class with one, and two - minute poses?
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Not only. I've run groups like that. I used to start them off at 30 seconds and work up gradually to a twenty minute, maybe one longer one if time permits. The quick ones cut to the essence.
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One excersize I am about to try... Load the camera, and in the case of the Hasselblad, leave the hood closed; a bit of black tape over the viewfinder of the 35mm. WITHOUT any "pre-looking at", take the photograph. The difference between this and "really, really TRYING!!! - so HARD!!" - should be of great interest.
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I shoot without looking through the finder a lot. I've learned to project the frame out into the field using my binocular vision as a rangefinder and yes, Joe, to compensate for parallax in the process. Shooting street dances on moonless nights during the energy crisis when only the band had a 100 watt light bulb could teach you a lot. Project your consciousness INTO the lens.
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BTW - I sense that "introspection" is getting a bad rap here. What I am tryig to find is "configuration" - within ME, that predicates what *I* determine to be "sucess".
NO one CAN discover that except ME. The only "tooL" I have to use is introspection.
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Above, as marked, you suggest that internal dialog is lessened in your approach. I submit that internal dialog IS introspective and introspection IS composed of internal dialog. I think what you are doing is very internal but also primarily experiential, rather than introspective. BIG difference. It is the difference between active and passive.
Of course, I might be misreading what you are saying. I hope I'm not. Clearly, Ed, you are talking about experiences that are not particularly common; as you can see, they are not particularly well understood in this context. But EVERYBODY knows about introspection; everybody does it. The inner voice is a given in our human condition. I suppose we all believe in our heart of hearts that other people don't do it.
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"Fun ... setting a print before an admiring viewer.."
Certainly a bright, enjoyable experience ... but ... I consider this to be an "extra added attraction". Great when it happens - but it is NOT the driving force behind my work.
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Got it.