My response to an indirect question...

A commenter posted that it would be better if I had also posted images in response to my last post about clothes ; in a street photography facebook group. This was my response.

I will post something when I feel like it's good enough. I meant to discuss the practice here and being confident to get into situations that have potential. The human interaction part rather than the final results. I get caught up a lot in that part of it. I'm working on my practice and easing back into the lifestyle. Playing with strangers with good intentions and humor. It's safely playing with boundaries of human space and not a Gilden shock treatment, or a social media self esteem pump. I think it's good to reflect on the practice without the judgment of results. Thank you

This speaks to a deeper change in attitude I’ve had recently. Realizing that everything is about results. We judge or people judge based on those results and it’s a corrupting attitude especially for a young artist or beginner. Our focus should be on practice and nailing that part. Once we do that we can then iterate. A compulsive focus on results, and the entwined judgment comes at a price you may never realize until much later. Focus on practice. On the small controllable parts.

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