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TED – Al Gore – 15 Ways to Avert Climate Crisis


To benefit from Al Gore’s talks you don’t have to agree with him. A majority of recommended actions benefit the you and the economy through efficiency. Simply listen to his 15 points on How You Can Contribute. You can make a difference. It’s easy! Start now!
(If you’re short on time jump to 06:00 , past his self-depracating humor.)
Find more recommended TED viewing here.
Do you have other TED recommendations? Comment here!

Antarctica 2009 – Live Blog Posts


During my January trip to Antarctica I emailed text for blog posts back to my studio. The satellite phones made data transfer of images for those posts prohibitively expensive, so we used images from 2005 and 2007. Now all of the 2009 posts have been updated with finished images from each location.
See the images here.
Find out about my exhibit here.
Stay tuned daily for more resources.
Get priority status in my Antarctica 2011 workshop.
Email info@johnpaulcaponigro.com.

Find Your Muse


Creativity is all about finding inspiration. Where does it come from?
The Greeks cherished the concept of a Muse – a divine visitation. Homer spoke of them as both one Muse and as many Muses. Hesiod identified 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Who were these 9 godesses?
Calliope – epic song
Clio – history
Euterpe – lyric song
Melpomene – tragedy
Terpsichore – dance
Erato – erotic poetry
Polyhymnia – sacred song
Urania – astronomy
Thalia – comedy and bucolic poetry
These are big Muses. There may well be many smaller ones that are at times equally or more important. Most mornings I have an encounter with the Muse of coffee. Most photographers are frequently visited by the Muse of light. And there are so many others! Take a little time to get to know them better. Be ready for their next appearance.
It’s important to know what inspires you.
Who are your Muses?
Find more inspiration in my Creativity Lessons.

Combination


You can create synergy between existing elements in your images and generate something new. How? Takes these steps.
Step one. Identify all the elements in your best images.
Step two. List all the possible combinations.
Step Three. Put what you’ve discovered into words.
Step four. Select the most promising combinations to pursue.
Step five. Generate a lot of variations on a single combination before committing to a final solution.
Step six. Execute.
This is an extreme distillation of my article Combination, now in the current issue of AfterCapture magazine.
Read more in my Creativity ebooks.
Learn more in my workshops.