Summary: David Ulrich is a photographer, best-selling author, and educator who has been teaching photography for over forty years in colleges, universities, and workshop centers in the US and internationally. He is currently a professor and co-director of Pacific New Media Foundation in Honolulu, HI. His work has been published in numerous books and journals including Aperture, Mānoa, and Sierra Club publications. His photographs have been in 75 exhibits internationally. He blogs about creativity and consciousness and is a consulting editor and frequent contributor for Parabola magazine. He is the author of several books including The Widening Stream: the Seven Stages of Creativity, and most recently, Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography David’s story about being a student photographer when the military killed protestors at a university Using art and creativity to expand our consciousness The first lesson in phography The 7 Stages of creativity How passion and obsession can be a good thing How Einstein discovered the equation of relativity How to get unstuck in your creative process Striving against the desire of perfection The Zen concept of “Rightness” Finding a balance Why you should engage the creative process The process is the result Phil Jackson’s 7 Lessons of being in the moment and in the process Seek personal mastery Do not hold the ball for longer than two counts Awareness is everything Great possibility comes with great danger Practice the art of acceptance Embody compassion Have a love of the game but practice non-attachment Strive to understand the soul of teamwork How do we know who we are? The Hawaiin word – Kuliana Exploring the EGO The 6 six lessons of Zen Camera Observing the world for an hour a day or more vs observing a screen Striving towards presence within ourselves Try to create works and things that are truly nourish other people Analyzing social media, the good, bad and ugly The importance of inward attention Why everyone is an artist The importance of keeping a journal Website: http://www.mattbelair.com/ sign up for the email list and most importantly do 1 act of kindness today!
