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In the past weeks, I have been trying to focus and view the world in a different way, greyscale. Instead of simply seeing things in Black and White, I feel that seeing the in-between is where the details are. Below are some links and notes that I have taken while researching. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/power-black-and-white-photography-learning-see-shades-grey https://medium.com/s/the-photographers-almanac/mastering-black-and-white-photography-2b723f794b59

This was the first Artist Statment of my graduate degree. I will be expanding and updating my artist statement in the following week. After being a moment mercenary for over 10 years. I have turn that focus and drive toward a more enduring and alluring personality: the city. I want to capture the conflicting elements between a city as well as the people within the space. My Medium is photography, and my subject is the street.

Steal Like An Artist An artist is someone who demands your time and attention, and got it. In that sense, Austin Kleon’s “Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative” is a work of art in the first half. The second half is forgettable and overall, the book had helped me realized a few important ingredients I am missing in my pot.   The first part of the book is a work of art. It is exhilarating to see someone extol the virtue of stealing. I have always felt my works is derivative, and have always tried to come up with some original ideas, unsuccessfully. Reading the first part of the book reassured me of my short comings and renewed my hope for better things to come.   Then the book gets repetitive and most of the latter advices the author had to offer at the end is very mundane and obvious. The latter part of the book resembles any typical self-help book. It feels likes the author had to filled a certain quota of text, like his editor is nagging him to pass the