Illuminating Creativity

John Paul Caponigro, the internationally recognized visual artist, will be presenting at the Palo Alto Camera Club's Annual Photographic Arts Lecture on Thurs 11^th April.  Mr. Caponigro will be presenting ‘Illuminating Creativity’ combined with ‘Landscapes Within’ at the Palo Alto Children’s Theater from 7:30pm – 9:30pm.  The theater is located at 1305 Middlefield Rd  Palo Alto, CA 94301.

The presentation is free of charge but attendees need to reserve a ticket:

John Paul Caponigro exhibits internationally and his work is part of acclaimed collections like Princeton University and The Smithsonian.  Respected as an authority on creativity, digital imaging, and fine art digital printing he has been published widely in numerous periodicals and books including Art News and the Ansel Adams Guide.  A contributing editor for several publications including Digital Photo Pro, John Paul is also author of Adobe Photoshop Master Class and the DVD series R/Evolution.  He is a member of the Photoshop hall of fame and a Canon Explorer in Light.  To see his work visit www.johnpaulcaponigro.com

Attendees will learn how to turbo-charge their creative life, learn to see and make discoveries in many ways and create a dynamic synergy using skills they already have in new ways - photograph, sketch, write, speak, move, and more.

• Identify and expand their comfort zone.
• Learn to get out of ruts and into the groove more quickly.
• Find and strengthen their authentic voice.
• Play during exercises designed to unlock new possibilities.
• Find inspiration in the works of others.
• Choose when to collaborate and when to go solo.
• Learn classic ways to find new ideas - a lot of ideas!
• Make sure that no idea is forgotten or lost.
• Sort their ideas with a variety of strategies that will quickly help find the gold and identify next steps.
• Focus on the things that will have the most impact on their personal goals.
• Set missions, goals, projects, next actions, and timelines to increase their productivity.
• Align the magnetic pull of financial reward to propel their creative life to new heights.
• Dedicate themselves to a higher purpose.

Get creative with their creativity!

In addition to talking about Illuminating your Creativity John will use his Landscapes Within seminar to show how he has used his creativity:

Landscapes Within presents selected images highlighting the artist’s many collaborations with nature.

A pioneer in digital photography, his work dissolves traditional media boundaries, finding new possibilities, during a critical time for photography, the most influential visual medium in history, an agent for change that continually changes itself.

These images function simultaneously as windows onto exterior landscapes and mirrors into interior landscapes. Pointing beyond objectivity and subjectivity towards intersubjectivity, it reveals how deeply involved we are in our experiences of the world. This work presents a series of invitations to look, to look again, and to look at looking.

The artist’s life’s work is a call to connection. It's a call to connection with nature - the matrix from which we are born, which sustains us while we are alive, and to which we return when we die. It’s a call to incite conscientious creative interaction with our environment. It’s a call to connection with us – with ourselves, with each other, and with the larger world surrounding us.