Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to George. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Hi George, thanks for sharing your insights with our community today. Part of your success, no doubt, is due to your work ethic and so we’d love if you could open up about where you got your work ethic from?
My work ethic comes from love disguised as labor. I’ve learned so much from both of my parents. My father worked not for glory but for us, for the simple, profound fact of our togetherness. My mother, whose hands kept our world intact with such gentle constancy that we mistook it for magic. From them I learned: work is another language for presence, for love.
Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
Lately, I’ve been rebuilding my portfolio, or rather, my girlfriend has been gently coaxing it back to life. She photographs with such intentionality, such grace, her work teaches me that seeing is an act of love. Beginning again feels like standing at the edge of something vast. Yet there’s comfort knowing others have done this dance with uncertainty, and emerged not diminished but transformed.
Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
If I’m honest, it was everyone who walked beside me, family who believed before I could, friends who mirrored back my possibilities, teachers who planted seeds I’m still discovering. So I’d say this: find the right people, the ones who make you feel more yourself. Listen to what’s true inside you and honor it. Be consistent in showing up to your own unfolding. Everything else? It arranges itself, mysteriously, beautifully, without your needing to force it.
As we end our chat, is there a book you can leave people with that’s been meaningful to you and your development?
The Book of Thomas. Its wisdom is quiet but persistent. The nuggets that transformed me: “If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you.” That our gifts, our truths, they’re meant to be expressed, not hidden. That the light we seek is already inside us, waiting. That unlearning false certainties matters more than accumulating knowledge. Simple words, but they rearranged everything.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.georgejphoto.com
Image Credits
Kassie Gibbs
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