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Tag Archives: photography
Essay: Appreciating Beauty in Everyday Life
By Dave Hood “Beauty saves. Beauty heals. Beauty motivates. Beauty unites. Beauty returns us to our origins, and here lies the ultimate act of saving, of healing, of overcoming dualism. Beauty allows us to forget the pain and dwell on … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Beauty, Essay
Tagged appreciating, art, beauty, creative writer, Dave Hood, distraction, drawing, essay, nature, noticing, observation, photography, sketching, witnessing, worry, writer
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What is Art For: The Purpose of Art
By Dave Hood All art exists for a purpose. Picasso said, “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” Edward Hopper, a realist painter during the time of modernism, reminds us that “Great art … Continue reading
Posted in Essay
Tagged appropriation art, art as therapy, business, Cindy Sherman, Conceptual art, creative thinking, drawing, inspiration, installation, Kim Dorland, Lucien Freud, painting, photography, pleasure, purpose of art, reaction, recalling, remembering, revulsion, Richard Prince, sculpture, seeing creatively, self-expression, shock, starving artist, the importance of art, therapy, visual art, what is art for
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Article: The Photographer’s Eye
By Dave Hood John Szarkowski’s was a photographer, critic, curator and historian. He succeeded Edward Steichen, another photographer, as the director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1962. A couple of years later, Szarkowski became the … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Essay, The Photographer's Eye
Tagged Article, book, Dave Hood, details, exhibition, frame, John Szarkowski, perspective, photograph, Photographer, photography, photography style, The Photographer's Eye, the thing itself, time, vantage point, visual language, writer
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From My Notebook: ” Where to Discover Inspiration”
By Dave Hood Inspiration often begins with a passion. Yo-Yo Ma said, “Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you’re passionate about something, then you’re more willing to take risks. Webster’s defines inspiration as an idea, person, … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Inspiration, Essay
Tagged abstract expressionism, Andy Warhol, biography, color, Creative Inspiration, Dave Hood, documentary photography, essay, Eugene Richards, fiction, film, Henri-Cartier Bresson, human condition, Jackson Pollack, Laura Greenfield, Natalie Golderberg, painting, photography, poetry, short story, sights, sounds, taste, The Decisive moment, The True Secrets of Writing, touch, writer, writing
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Photo Essay: What’s the City Like?
Dave Hood The city can be like a jungle. Skyscrapers evoking a mood of the ominous, as if hiking alone in the unknown jungle. Street lamps and traffic lights standing as if various types of tropical trees. Always countless strangers … Continue reading
Writing Creative Nonfiction 