I was going to write this big ol’ post about selling without selling today, but then I stumbled across this video from Zen Garage in the morning, and I thought “Screw it. This is better.”
In this video, Marina Abramovic is giving a minute of time to each stranger who sits in front of her. This is taking place at her MoMa retrospective. She had an intense relationship with Ulay (the man in the Converses) in the 70’s, not having seen him since. She didn’t know he was coming.
It’s a snowy day out here in Brooklyn, and this seemed like perfect material for a day indoors. Such a heart warming reminder about what matters. Her eyes say it all. Each of us leaves a mark on each person we come across, and nothing is more important than what we mean to one another.
Time flies by in the blink of an eye, and at some point, being able to look back is everything. It’s easy to get lost in making a living. But as Maya Angelou said, it’s just not the same as building a life. How lucky we are that we get to do this thing we do as photographers. We get to help people see that life.
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