Erikc Perez-Perez

@perez

Chicago photographer.

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“It’s like Joanne Woodward said,” he told me. “‘Acting is like sex—do it, don’t talk about it.’ ”

Have the will to act. -Batman Begins (2005)

big cities nurture subcultures much more effectively than suburbs or small towns. Lifestyles or interests that deviate from the mainstream need critical mass to survive; they atrophy in smaller communities

Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From

"Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final."

(Rainer Maria Rilke)

When we are grieving record stores, mixtapes, old-school romance, and friends goofing around in ‘90s high schools, what are we actually grieving? Delayed gratification. Deeper connection. Play and fun. Risk and thrill. Life with less obsessive self-scrutiny. These are things we can reclaim—if we remember what they are worth and roll back the phone-... See more

If you want to be made free of a certain circle for some wholesome reason—if, say, you want to join a musical society because you really like music—then there is a possibility of satisfaction. You may find yourself playing in a quartet and you may enjoy it. But if all you want is to be in the know, your pleasure will be short lived. The circle cann... See more

This is the perennial challenge of the artist: finding the middle of the Venn diagram where one circle is the artist’s tastes and the other is the audience’s tastes.

“When you’re around him, you feel like everything is easy and there are no problems” (Arnold’s friend about Arnold - I want to be this)