THE WRITTEN RECORD

Author: Chris

Lifestyle

New goals don't deliver new results. New lifestyles do. A lifestyle is not an outcome, it is a process. For this reason, all of your energy should go into building better habits, not chasing better results.

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Daily

Read daily Walk and think daily Write daily Meditate frequently Be grateful daily Enjoy isolation Shoot daily Start now

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Perfectly Imperfect

Ever since I switched from film photography to digital (2001) it seems like there was this mad desire to shoot the sharpest, balanced images. New cameras carried newer sensors to help compensate. Shortly after the conversion though, a lot of…

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Film Photography 101

It has been a long time since I step foot into a darkroom to process my 35mm film rolls (high school!) and I have forgotten just about everything. I do remember enjoying the way my hands smelled of developer and…

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Blog Death Is Greatly Exaggerated

“RIP blogging we all tried real hard to make the internet good and then corporations and rich idiots destroyed everything a generation of writers tried to build” And “there’s almost no space for writing anymore that’s joyful or an attempt…

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100 Word Story- Eviscerate

Clint logged into his account and began to pour out his thoughts and feelings that consumed him that day. After reviewing this draft he decided it was time to share with the world and pressed “send.” After awhile Clint received…

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Never

“Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul”

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We Were Made For This

A man’s true delight is to do the things he was made for. He was made to show goodwill to his kind, to rise above the promptings of his senses, to distinguish appearances from realities, and to pursue the study…

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110mm

I’ve been looking for another analog film format camera to compliment my 35mm and instant film cameras and I finally found a solution I cannot wait to try. The Canon 110ED can produce high quality images and I love the…

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Faulkner House

While traveling through Pirates Alley by Jackson Square in New Orleans, I finally discovered the Faulkner House, a literary landmark where future Nobel Laureate William Faulkner penned his first novel. Other authors such as Ernest Hemingway were known to have…

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Just Stop

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Karma

Besthoff Sculpture Garden New Orleans

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Umbrella Girl

Mural by Banksy New Orleans

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Start

Now that my annual Groundhog Resolutions Day has been completed this year, I am beginning to plot and scheme on how to continue to improve myself. I can do it but I need to start. And I can’t wait until…

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Write

Write something. Writer’s block? Write about that. Wright now. Wright later. Write when you don’t want to. Write when you do. Write with the keyboard. Write with pen & paper. Write when the hot tea cools down a little. Write…

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