ERIC KIM

First of all I don’t believe in “white” people. This makes no sense. I’m actually more pale and more “white” in skin tone than many Caucasian people (the more accurate term for a “white” person) as a Korean. So when I talk about “white washing”, what do I mean? I mean it is like applying bleach to anything which is saucy, interesting, enjoysome and “racy” and “inappropriate” in life to make it acc...

Why is change so scary and difficult? Why are we so reticent to change? My thoughts: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/09/15/change-2/ To change things or to change ourselves means: I must take some sort of real life risk and have some sort of ‘skin in the game’ in regards to my personal actions in embodied reality. It is safer to complain. Talk is cheap. Action is expensive. Expensive mean...

No effort, no reward .

A thought the other day: What’s underrated in life, and what’s overrated in life? My thoughts: Sleep is underrated. Productivity is overrated. Cars are overrated. Walking is underrated. Shooting film is overrated. Shooting digital is underrated. Bench press is overrated. Deadlift is underrated. Leica is overrated. Ricoh is underrated. Tesla is overrated. Toyota is underrated. iPhone is overrated....

My personal aesthetics.

The future of money is a question on the future of human trust and cooperation.

Would you mix a $10,000 bottle of wine with water? Of course not. So why water down your thoughts, your being and your own soul? THE COURAGE TO DECIDE.

You must decide for yourself.

The courage to decide.

In praise of child like thinking: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/09/08/be-more-like-a-kid/

What is the most difficult thing in life? To decide. To put your foot down, and to take extreme culpability and extreme responsibility for your self and life. https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/09/08/decide/

Simple thought and idea: Once you’ve made your own needs and wants uber-basic, then you can devote all your energy, time, mental space, mental power, and human metabolism on creating things *beyond* yourself. Note arsbeta.com (crowd sourcing real photography feedback ). Why App — philosophical reflection tool. MORE: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/09/06/create-beyond-yourself-2/

The best way to leave a substantive and enduring legacy : Don’t devote any of your life doing anything you hate for. Also … only doing that which you truly love and care for. And when you do what you do, share it openly and freely with others! In praise of OPEN SOURCE . MORE: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/09/06/on-leaving-a-legacy/

Of course we need jobs to pay rent, feed ourselves, etc .. but with today's brave new COVID world, what is really the purpose of a job? For example for a lot of people, a job is their external identity and sense of self. For others it is a monetary thing; they have too much debt ( debt is the devil ) and cannot afford *NOT* to work (they are dependent on their job to pay off their bills, credit ca...

You are the platform . You are the end goal . The goal ain’t to build some external empire in quick sand. No. The end goal is for you to build your own personal self to the max. More: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/09/05/build-your-own-empire-of-yourself/

Better to aim high and fail (and hit a higher mark) than to set a lower goal and hit it!

Let us think beyond ' self esteem '. I feel the notion of 'self-estimate' as far more robust and accurate.  MORE

Advertise yourself or die . 

READ > ENERGY VAMPIRES: people who TAKE and sap away more energy than they give you. Let us not be fooled: our energy (and life) is limited. Therefore be very very very very very choosy on who you decide to give your energy to (or not):

An individualistic economics perspective: Don’t worry about world global and macro economics. Focus on your individual economics. Let us remember the first notion of “economics” is actually regarding home economics ( Aristotle on Home Economics [Greek is Οἰκονομικά and Latin is Oeconomica ]). “Oikos” as referring to “home”. Also Hesiod on home economics (Works and Days, and his theories on househo...

From a millennial perspective: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2020/08/31/what-do-millenials-want/

Your voice is your own voice and cannot and * should not * be changed. 

When in doubt, prioritize your own body and personal form, physique and bodily composition above all.

Why help others? Certainly it is not a universal 'rule' or duty for everyone . When it comes to duties, I believe all duties should be self-imposed. You only pursue a duty because you personally care for it, or because you personally have dictated to yourself: This is a worthy and worthwhile goal for me. I shall pursue it because I deem it worthy for me. For myself it has been simply a matter of m...

To be 'critical' comes from the Ancient Greek ' kritikos ' which literally means "to judge". Thus when it comes to any knowledge, informations, opinions or ideas... go to the source (primary documents, not human-centipede secondary documents) and judge for yourself. Think more >