How to Always Do Your Best: An Insight
I'm an idiot, so take this post at face-value.
"Art is a guarantee of sanity. That is the most important thing I have said." - Louise Bourgeois
I found this quote today, and it really struck a chord.
My friends would agree that our minds have never been more in the present than they are today. We're working. We're blogging. We're tweeting. We're buying. We're building. But why?
Let me pose a bold answer here: Our efforts, no matter what they involve - photographing, caring, volunteering, sweating, believing - are an artistic expression of the highest degree. They create our lasting self identity (that's why I picked that photo for this post, get it?). An identity that is deeper than our work or its material products. This expressed identity keeps us "sane" and it lasts long after we're dead.
I believe that all people are naturally good and conscientious on the inside, but for some reason or another, many have trouble letting their true selves show. I would also argue that one cause of insanity is identity confusion. People want to contribute to this world, but they fail at finding their intended path to do so. What should have lasted did not. This is why it is inherently important for us to express ourselves beyond ourselves - to create, care, write, volunteer, ask, sweat and believe.
This is how (and why) to always do your best. In a nutshell: Put your natural good, conscientious intent into action, and it will be your contribution to this world and it will also be your lasting identity.
I'm certainly not the first person to have this thought, but it's pretty deep for an idiot photographer, eh?
