Comments on: Creative’s Block http://www.huongfralin.com/blog/2010/01/27/creatives-block/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:39:59 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Huong http://www.huongfralin.com/blog/2010/01/27/creatives-block/comment-page-1/#comment-502 Huong Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:12:24 +0000 http://www.huong-nguyen.com/blog/?p=4255#comment-502 <b>Becky:</b> Talk of a monthly meeting has been in the works so we're just trying to figure out logistics, etc. Definitely trying to keep plugging away... <b>Sarah:</b> You had me at "big bowls of pho." :) We should definitely schedule something together soon! Becky: Talk of a monthly meeting has been in the works so we’re just trying to figure out logistics, etc. Definitely trying to keep plugging away…

Sarah: You had me at “big bowls of pho.” :) We should definitely schedule something together soon!

]]> By: sarah gatrell http://www.huongfralin.com/blog/2010/01/27/creatives-block/comment-page-1/#comment-500 sarah gatrell Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:37:19 +0000 http://www.huong-nguyen.com/blog/?p=4255#comment-500 i would love to do that! i find that scheduling shoots works better for me since my little guys keep me so busy. maybe top it off with big bowls of pho? :) thats a great excerpt that you posted and i also really enjoyed the quotes. thinking of it that way is actually quite a relief and comforting to know that maybe i'm not so far off track. thanks for the inspiration! i would love to do that! i find that scheduling shoots works better for me since my little guys keep me so busy. maybe top it off with big bowls of pho? :)

thats a great excerpt that you posted and i also really enjoyed the quotes. thinking of it that way is actually quite a relief and comforting to know that maybe i’m not so far off track. thanks for the inspiration!

]]> By: Becky http://www.huongfralin.com/blog/2010/01/27/creatives-block/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Becky Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:23:07 +0000 http://www.huong-nguyen.com/blog/?p=4255#comment-499 Longbrake's posting says it all, beautiful! Once you start reflecting, writing about everything and anything, etc., the flood gates of inspiration will open to a whole new world of opportunity for you as you walk through this journey because you're passionate about your fields. Keep your chin up, and keep plugging away. What if you gathered together a small team of professionals, and hosted a monthly or bi-monthly photography workshop in a church basement, fire hall, or at a VFW, etc.? Longbrake’s posting says it all, beautiful! Once you start reflecting, writing about everything and anything, etc., the flood gates of inspiration will open to a whole new world of opportunity for you as you walk through this journey because you’re passionate about your fields. Keep your chin up, and keep plugging away.

What if you gathered together a small team of professionals, and hosted a monthly or bi-monthly photography workshop in a church basement, fire hall, or at a VFW, etc.?

]]> By: Huong http://www.huongfralin.com/blog/2010/01/27/creatives-block/comment-page-1/#comment-498 Huong Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:13:28 +0000 http://www.huong-nguyen.com/blog/?p=4255#comment-498 <b>Longbrake:</b> I already know that I'll be referring back to your comment in this post every time I have writer's block. So thank you :) <b>Sarah:</b> What a small world after all! I think it's absolutely amazing that you were able to land a wonderful design job so soon after graduating...and in the field that you were studying, no less! Maybe we should get together sometime and just have fun shooting around town...that might get our spirits up :) I posted some quotes on photography in regards of making a living off it here that you might find reassuring: http://www.huong-nguyen.com/blog/2008/12/07/wear-good-shoes-advice-to-young-photographers To give you an excerpt from the book, I just opened up to a page and came to this... <i>Resistance is Insidious: Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work. It will perjure, fabricate, falsify; seduce, bully, cajole. Resistance is protean. It will assume any form, if that's what it takes to deceive you. It will reason with you like a lawyer or jam a nine-millimeter in your face like a stickup man. Resistance has no conscience. It will pledge anything to get a deal, then double-cross you as soon as your back is turned. If you take Resistance at its word, you deserve everything you get. Resistance is always lying and always full of shit.</i> Longbrake: I already know that I’ll be referring back to your comment in this post every time I have writer’s block. So thank you :)

Sarah: What a small world after all! I think it’s absolutely amazing that you were able to land a wonderful design job so soon after graduating…and in the field that you were studying, no less! Maybe we should get together sometime and just have fun shooting around town…that might get our spirits up :)

I posted some quotes on photography in regards of making a living off it here that you might find reassuring: http://www.huong-nguyen.com/blog/2008/12/07/wear-good-shoes-advice-to-young-photographers

To give you an excerpt from the book, I just opened up to a page and came to this…

Resistance is Insidious: Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work. It will perjure, fabricate, falsify; seduce, bully, cajole. Resistance is protean. It will assume any form, if that’s what it takes to deceive you. It will reason with you like a lawyer or jam a nine-millimeter in your face like a stickup man. Resistance has no conscience. It will pledge anything to get a deal, then double-cross you as soon as your back is turned. If you take Resistance at its word, you deserve everything you get. Resistance is always lying and always full of shit.

]]> By: sarah gatrell http://www.huongfralin.com/blog/2010/01/27/creatives-block/comment-page-1/#comment-495 sarah gatrell Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:17:28 +0000 http://www.huong-nguyen.com/blog/?p=4255#comment-495 i totally feel you lady. i too have been wrestling with a bit of self-doubt lately. i graduated last month and miraculously got a wonderful design job with a really good friend. it took me years to accomplish those things and i am so happy about it. but, i have noticed that i feel so inadequate in my craft. i don't know why exactly...i receive good feedback and generally feel good about what i do but i think, like you said, i am my own worst enemy. i think i'd really like to read that book you mentioned. i think a "kick in the ass" is a good thing when it comes to getting over self loathing. let me know if you ever want to do a photography workshop! photography is my first love. in fact i think that is why i struggle with my design work; i feel i might not be in the right place. p.s. the friend i work with now is jennifer (binger) choate. she said she knew you from liberty and you guys had a class together. we were on facebook the other day (hard at work..haha) and realized we both knew you and really admired your work. small world! :) i totally feel you lady. i too have been wrestling with a bit of self-doubt lately. i graduated last month and miraculously got a wonderful design job with a really good friend. it took me years to accomplish those things and i am so happy about it. but, i have noticed that i feel so inadequate in my craft. i don’t know why exactly…i receive good feedback and generally feel good about what i do but i think, like you said, i am my own worst enemy.

i think i’d really like to read that book you mentioned. i think a “kick in the ass” is a good thing when it comes to getting over self loathing. let me know if you ever want to do a photography workshop! photography is my first love. in fact i think that is why i struggle with my design work; i feel i might not be in the right place.

p.s. the friend i work with now is jennifer (binger) choate. she said she knew you from liberty and you guys had a class together. we were on facebook the other day (hard at work..haha) and realized we both knew you and really admired your work. small world! :)

]]> By: Longbrake http://www.huongfralin.com/blog/2010/01/27/creatives-block/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Longbrake Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:44:56 +0000 http://www.huong-nguyen.com/blog/?p=4255#comment-491 Jelly Beans & Stickers. Write about that. Write about the transition from living in NYC to VA. Write about the transition from being single to being married. Write about struggling as an artist. Write about the tension you feel between being a photographer and being a writer. Write about writing. Write about your childhood, the stories that seem so small but offer a glimpse into your own personal development and maturation. Write about Crazy Uncle Gary. Write about photographs from the dashboard. Write about Sheetz. Write about being an Asian American. Write about your parents. (I know, I know.) Write about Pennsylvania. Write pages and pages and write only a sentence. Write about the ways that you see Jeff that no one else can understand. Write about the food in Italy. Write about anything and everything you experience. You have a voice and you have an audience in us. Master your craft and let us be a part of the process. Jelly Beans & Stickers.

Write about that. Write about the transition from living in NYC to VA. Write about the transition from being single to being married. Write about struggling as an artist. Write about the tension you feel between being a photographer and being a writer. Write about writing. Write about your childhood, the stories that seem so small but offer a glimpse into your own personal development and maturation. Write about Crazy Uncle Gary. Write about photographs from the dashboard. Write about Sheetz. Write about being an Asian American. Write about your parents. (I know, I know.) Write about Pennsylvania. Write pages and pages and write only a sentence. Write about the ways that you see Jeff that no one else can understand. Write about the food in Italy. Write about anything and everything you experience.

You have a voice and you have an audience in us. Master your craft and let us be a part of the process.

]]> By: Huong http://www.huongfralin.com/blog/2010/01/27/creatives-block/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Huong Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:40:57 +0000 http://www.huong-nguyen.com/blog/?p=4255#comment-490 Kristin, thanks so much for your kind words and encouragement :) I never thought about teaching an online class on either subject but that might be fun. At the conference, a couple people actually asked me where or how they could learn more about photography in the area and I was thinking that Roanoke totally needs a Photography Workshop to happen here. It sucks because there are absolutely no rental houses let alone specialized camera shops in the area which I think is stupid. I'd love to be able to do something about that but I'm afraid it's bigger than me. Sounds like you're having a lot of fun exploring your new territory...so excited and happy for you! Kristin, thanks so much for your kind words and encouragement :) I never thought about teaching an online class on either subject but that might be fun. At the conference, a couple people actually asked me where or how they could learn more about photography in the area and I was thinking that Roanoke totally needs a Photography Workshop to happen here. It sucks because there are absolutely no rental houses let alone specialized camera shops in the area which I think is stupid. I’d love to be able to do something about that but I’m afraid it’s bigger than me.

Sounds like you’re having a lot of fun exploring your new territory…so excited and happy for you!

]]> By: Kristin http://www.huongfralin.com/blog/2010/01/27/creatives-block/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Kristin Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:27:30 +0000 http://www.huong-nguyen.com/blog/?p=4255#comment-489 Congrats again on co-teaching a class/workshop. And i'm sure you did just fine. You are so talented and inspiring. I know every artist has their times when they have their artistic "block" but then they come out of it and do better things. Your work, to me, has always been amazing. I'm sure it'll continue. Since i've moved out here, i haven't thought that much about my crafts or photography so i too, feel like i'm in a rut. Just take some time to brainstorm and look at some inspiration and then go for it. Let the ideas flow. Then i'm sure you'll come up with something you can work with. Have you ever thought of teaching an online class about photography or writing? It's a thought..... Oh, and yes, there are tons, TONS, of flea markets and thrift shops out here. You'd love it! Congrats again on co-teaching a class/workshop. And i’m sure you did just fine. You are so talented and inspiring. I know every artist has their times when they have their artistic “block” but then they come out of it and do better things. Your work, to me, has always been amazing. I’m sure it’ll continue. Since i’ve moved out here, i haven’t thought that much about my crafts or photography so i too, feel like i’m in a rut. Just take some time to brainstorm and look at some inspiration and then go for it. Let the ideas flow. Then i’m sure you’ll come up with something you can work with. Have you ever thought of teaching an online class about photography or writing? It’s a thought…..

Oh, and yes, there are tons, TONS, of flea markets and thrift shops out here. You’d love it!

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