Photography, videography ––likely all creative pursuits that involve the use of tools –– have practitioners who's passion and reverence for those tools begins to subjugate the creative impulse, leading them to believe that what stands between them and perfection is the lack of the proper equipment.
Beginners, especially, are vulnerable to this way of thinking, often sidelining creative ideas until they are in possession of whatever item they're convinced is vital to the project.
By concentrating on the tools, the artist may miss the moment –- the very reason the tools exist.
We were reminded of this dilemma after a coming across a clip of the late actor Bruce Lee in the movie "Enter The Dragon", who counsels his young protoge:
Don’t think…. Feel!
Lee points upward:
It is like a finger pointing away to the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.
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