We were lucky to catch up with Stuart Klipper recently and have shared our conversation below.
Stuart, appreciate you making time for us and sharing your wisdom with the community. So many of us go through similar pain points throughout our journeys and so hearing about how others overcame obstacles can be helpful. One of those struggles is keeping creativity alive despite all the stresses, challenges and problems we might be dealing with. How do you keep your creativity alive?
As an artist, I suppose i must intrinsically be creative; in theory, at least. Whatever the case may be, I can’t help myself on how I engage the world I find myself in. What came naturally, when eventually reflected upon, boiled down to an understanding that wonder and awe can be found at every turn. This, I guess, is what has fueled and perpectuated my creatiove impulses. I go out into the world; I look around; I sees what there is to see. What I see, and look at, can inherently always seen anew, no matter how commonplace or ordinary. Its is such ‘magic’ that keeps the creatvity alive.
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
I am a photographer. 1)I tend to photograph things that most people don’t rightly notice;
2) I go look at places that few people will ever have a chance to look at, and get a handle on;
3) I have indeed gotten to get to, and photograph, places that no one has ever seen before.
I feel being about to do these things is a gift. Intrinsic in being offered such a gift is the dynamic of reciprocity; hence, when possible, I’ve long felt obliged to let people look at the stuff I’ve made under such circumstances.
Making my work is my life. That means I put my life into whatall I do as much as I possible can.
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?
In hindsight I once realized that jst about everything that absorbed me between, say, age 8 and 15, has fueled the passionate and varied interests that have been synthesized into my art. I have, for 20 years now, been volunteering at a nearby elementary school. I have been involved with kiddos in grades 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Though I might come at it oblquely, I see if I can infuse these young people with this sort of orientation,
Before we go, maybe you can tell us a bit about your parents and what you feel was the most impactful thing they did for you?
Eventually to come to respect, and even honor, the course I took in like, as far afleld it was from their life experiences.
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