DO IT!

Amateurs worry about equipment,
Professionals worry about money,
Masters worry about light,
I just make pictures!
– Vernon Trent

Visual artist, Trent’s famous quote captures the choice of attitudes for not only photographers but all other professions and activities. He articulates the dilemma of the amateur as well as the master and the professional. So often, in the quest for excellence, we are paralysed by inaction.

The crippling motives could range from concerns of the availability and quality of resources (worry about equipment), to the desired benefits (worry about money) to the vagaries of situational hurdles and problems. However, proactive persons ‘do it’, regardless of the resources, benefits or situation.

When we ‘do it’, we reach the crucial threshold point between planning and doing. Thus we make the tipping transformation from talking to walking that talk! However, this does not mean totally ignoring factors of material, money, etc. It is more about choosing action over inaction... We take flight when we look beyond fetters. To be better at real living, we must quit worrying and choose to ‘do it’!

Don’t halt at every crossroad of inconsistent worry
Let’s BE BETTER at ‘doing it’ rather than be sorry!

- Pravin K. Sabnis