chasebrks

[chasebrks]

[chasebrks]

Deeply, where the red river runs (2014)

30 x 55 cm, ink on board.

by Arcanvm (jordny)

[chasebrks]

*A New York Tribute - The Line Up*  Sometimes you just have to step back from the beauty of the landscape or photo and look at the history it might tell. This shot has a lot going on, and as much as I like to look at the lights in awe (They are pretty awesome and bright) I have to pause and remember what the lights purpose are for.

#newyork   #newyorkcity   #photography  

[chasebrks]

Abigail Lane - You Know Who You Are, 2000

[chasebrks]

Break the barrier.

"If you make your drama around your preconceived ideas, then you are creating the barrier."

— Jodi Bieber.

Watch the talk.

[chasebrks]

Focused on the things causing us stress, we lose our ability to produce creative output. Occasionally the stress can provide a much-needed break from the work, but more often than not stress makes it hard to be creative.

An article in The New York Times explains what happens in the brains of rats who fall victim to stress, and how it damages their ability to problem solve:

On the one hand, regions of the brain associated with executive decision-making and goal-directed behaviors had shriveled, while, conversely, brain sectors linked to habit formation had bloomed…Robert Sapolsky, a neurobiologist who studies stress at Stanford University School of Medicine, said, ‘This is a great model for understanding why we end up in a rut, and then dig ourselves deeper and deeper into that rut.’

[chasebrks]

I have been skiing with Brendan since we were very young. When he moved out to Colorado a year after I did, we met up and shot this video. Three days of filming in Breckenridge for the Nike Chosen video contest, where we made the final round. 

[chasebrks]

Looking back on my photography, this is the first photo I ever took that I am still satisfied with. Taken when I was 14, almost ten years ago.