I have been watching some movies and documentaries on Photographers and the like lately. Why? Cause that is the way I roll peeps. If I had the chance all I would do is photograph.
But how do you make a living from that and how do you get to the point that you can make a living?
Now I have a job, and my partner Ms A has a job, so we are comfortable. If I didn’t have that job, we would not be destitute but we would struggle I feel.
So that means the option for me to throw it all in and just take photos is not on the cards.
So it comes to mind while I am comfortable does that affect my artistic and journalistic output? Why hell yes. Especially if you are working nearly 50 hours a week. By the time I get home, it is either dark in winter and I am smashed or light in summer and I am smashed. So no matter what I am smashed.
So my thought is do you need to go hungry and be in poverty to get to that artistic utopia? Probably. Does that mean I want to be hungry and on the street? The first answer to that is no. I am comfortable. And that is the problem. You are in a comfortable spot and do not want to change that. It is that inertia that most people succumb to. It is all about what you want the most. And for me that is comfort.
So the answer to the question “Do you need to be hungry?” is a resounding yes. Does that mean I will fail to reach my goals? Hell no! I will work it out and it may take more time but I will get there.
Remember to LOVE LIFE!!