Inspiring Thoughts

“A dominant impulse on encountering beauty is to wish to hold on to it, to possess it and give it weight in ones life..The urge to say,’ I was here, I saw this and it mattered to me.”

— Paul Martin Lester

As you refresh this page, a new thought will be presented randomly.

In 2011 Dr. Paul Martin Lester published a little book entitled The Zen of Photojournalism. The book had 100 reflective thoughts (koans). In a discussion with Paul, we thought it would be interesting if users of this site could contribute their own thoughts on the creative process, on photojournalism or a quote that photographers might relate too. Some of Paul’s original 100 are in the database and currently there are a total of 21 thoughts.

If you would like to contribute to the database of quotes and thought concerning the creative process and photojournalism please submit your suggestions here.

After either Paul or I approve it, it will be available to you and others.