Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly.-Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius. Kindle Edition.
Philosophical considerations
In my last post about my Foxtail Agave project, I wrote that reading “On the Shortness of Life” by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, helped me to find inspiration in “otium” to start photographing again after a hiatus. And since I have established the connection between stoic philosophical ideas and the Foxtail Agave, I started reading “The thoughts of Marcus Aurelius” after I finished Seneca’s book, to help me get inspired to post-process the images I took while on vacation.
As many of you already know, my late husband was a guitar player. He used to say that musicians should spend more time perfecting their craft and less time trying to promote themselves online. It doesn’t matter _he said_ how much you promote yourself if that which you want to promote is just average and you don’t have time to up your game. He didn’t spend a lot of energy promoting himself, but he also did not get as many gigs he would have liked.
Lately, I have thought a lot about my husband, and the shortness of life. I have been asking myself, how should I use the time that is still have left on this earth? I don’t know how long I have, but I want use my time wisely. I certainly want to take pictures that are more meaningful to me, and to my family. And because now I have no help to do chores and my time is limited, I may have to spend less time trying to bring attention to my work. This includes the time I spend blogging, and social media posting. I think those are the biggest time sinks separating me from my photography.
Let no act be done without a purpose, nor otherwise than according to the perfect principles of art.
Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius. Kindle Edition.
A general question for my readers: Hippocrates wrote “ life is short, art, is long”. Seneca, in contrast, affirmed that life is not short, it is long enough if we know how to use it, but most people simply waste it and conclude that it was short. There is certainly not enough time for artistic expression. What is is the biggest time sink detracting you from doing your most meaningful artistic work?
Bonus question. If you were told today that your time has come, would you be satisfied with your lot, or beg for more time? And if more time was granted to you, what would you do with it?
The FEATURED PHOTOGRAPH
The FEATURED IMAGE, Foxtail Agave #3, was taken with a mirrorless 50mm prime lens at f/6.3, 1/150s and ISO 320. I do not recall if I used a tripod. It is the second image admitted to my Foxtail Agave series.
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Wall Art landscapes and miscellaneous
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It is all about the light 
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