Play!

Kim, playing with "big eyes"

I find that the people who do the very best in their field of specialty, are the ones who play. For any of us who decide to turn the thing we like to do for play into work, it can kill the play and take away the fun. I think that is deadly to a career.


The thing to do is to keep playing. When you try to make something into a profession, then it becomes serious and we find ourselves working at our art doing things that pay us. This work is not always inspiring and rewarding. So in order to keep fresh and inspired it is important to do personal projects that matter to us for the fun of it rather than for the money of it.


It is also important to have fun and play at your art, even when it is for hire. Find some way to push your limits, find new edges of your skill sets and ability. Discover something new and play with it. Be goofy, mysterious, quiet, energetic, etc. You will find that if you play at work, you will enjoy it for a long time.

Kim and the photographer playing with mood.

Shooting for fun on a rainy day.