Comments on: The Ones That Show True Grit

By: Russell Kaye

Russell Kaye — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:55:43 +0000

I want to live in a world where this is Rob’s blog topic that get’s nearly 300 comments. Alas, it’s a world that doesn’t exist.

By: Randy DOuglas

Randy DOuglas — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:39:10 +0000

“Don’t any of us know that none of us are supposed to exist?”

That’s a great quote.

By: T. C. Knight

T. C. Knight — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:31:52 +0000

An astounding essay. Thanks Rob, for pointing it out.

Tim

By: Ann-Marie Stillion

Ann-Marie Stillion — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:27:50 +0000

“… if you can’t make a great picture in your own backyard, it isn’t going to happen anywhere else.”

This one simple statement will stay with me for a long time.

Thanks Rob for highlighting this beautiful essay by Kenneth Jarecke. I saw the photos on the Times site but overlooked the writing. I loved both in the end.

I may never meet the photographer but I feel like I have made a new friend.

Today, I was running a bunch of errands and juggling way too many bags and packages on public transportation, sans camera, but I was looking, making pictures in my mind with this sentence as the defining melody.

It’s what I continue to love about this amazing blog.

By: STONER

STONER — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:50:37 +0000

Man, this is really well said. And it can be applied to so many different creative disciplines. Like, magazine publishing, for instance…