Humanity was created either by a divine being, or by a natural evolutionary process, so one of life’s meanings, life’s purposes, is to emulate that which created us by being creative.

• The creative adult is the child who survived. -Ursula Le Guin
• Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
• The opposite of war is not peace, it’s creation. – Jonathan Larson
• There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation. – Stephen Fry
• Our dreams may seem impossible, but our creativity can turn them into reality. – Malala Yousafzai
• You can’t use up creativity. The more you use the more you have. – Maya Angelou

Now about me:

I been interested in photography, off and on. for a good deal of my life. I developed my own black&white film, took classes in various darkroom techniques, took classes though the Smithsonian, and ever took an “Open Color Darkroom” class at the Smithsonian. However, I quickly became interested in digital photography because it is easier, cheaper, and quicker than “chemical” photography.

Retired I am again exploring photography as a creative outlet, to keep my mind challenged.