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Never expect more than you can give. Never give more than you can expect.
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Never expect more than you can give. Never give more than you can expect.
42. Remember. Growth is only possible as a product of history. Without memory, innovation is merely novelty. History gives growth a direction. But a memory is never perfect. Every memory is a degraded or composite image of a previous moment or event. (cont)
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
42. Remember. Growth is only possible as a product of history. Without memory, innovation is merely novelty. History gives growth a direction. But a memory is never perfect. Every memory is a degraded or composite image of a previous moment or event. (cont)
41. Laugh. People visiting the studio often comment on how much we #laugh. Since I’ve become aware of this, I use it as a barometer of how comfortably we are expressing ourselves.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for Growth
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#smile #face #streetphotography
An Incomplete #Manifesto for Growth
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#smile #face #streetphotography
October 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
41. Laugh. People visiting the studio often comment on how much we #laugh. Since I’ve become aware of this, I use it as a barometer of how comfortably we are expressing ourselves.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 41/42
#smile #face #streetphotography
An Incomplete #Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 41/42
#smile #face #streetphotography
40. Avoid fields. Jump fences. Disciplinary #boundaries and regulatory regimes are attempts to control the wilding of #creative life. They are often understandable efforts to order what are manifold, #complex, evolutionary processes. Our job is to jump the fences and cross the fields.
#photography
#photography
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
40. Avoid fields. Jump fences. Disciplinary #boundaries and regulatory regimes are attempts to control the wilding of #creative life. They are often understandable efforts to order what are manifold, #complex, evolutionary processes. Our job is to jump the fences and cross the fields.
#photography
#photography
39. #Coffee breaks, cab rides, green rooms. Real #growth often happens outside of where we intend it to, in the interstitial spaces — what Dr. Seuss calls "the waiting place."...
An Incomplete #Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 39/42
#art #photography #streetphotography
An Incomplete #Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 39/42
#art #photography #streetphotography
September 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
39. #Coffee breaks, cab rides, green rooms. Real #growth often happens outside of where we intend it to, in the interstitial spaces — what Dr. Seuss calls "the waiting place."...
An Incomplete #Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 39/42
#art #photography #streetphotography
An Incomplete #Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 39/42
#art #photography #streetphotography
38. #Explore the other edge. Great #liberty exists when we avoid trying to run with the technological pack. We can’t find the leading edge because it’s trampled underfoot. Try using old-tech equipment made obsolete by an economic cycle but still rich with #potential.
#photography #coffee #love
#photography #coffee #love
September 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
38. #Explore the other edge. Great #liberty exists when we avoid trying to run with the technological pack. We can’t find the leading edge because it’s trampled underfoot. Try using old-tech equipment made obsolete by an economic cycle but still rich with #potential.
#photography #coffee #love
#photography #coffee #love
37. Break it, stretch it, bend it, crush it, crack it, fold it. -bop it! Lol
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 37/42
Seriously. Don't forget to play.
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #redline #bmx #bike #photography #play
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 37/42
Seriously. Don't forget to play.
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #redline #bmx #bike #photography #play
September 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
37. Break it, stretch it, bend it, crush it, crack it, fold it. -bop it! Lol
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 37/42
Seriously. Don't forget to play.
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #redline #bmx #bike #photography #play
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 37/42
Seriously. Don't forget to play.
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #redline #bmx #bike #photography #play
36. Scat. When you #forget the words, do what Ella did: make up something else … but not words.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 36/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #ricohgrd4 #ricohgrdigitalIV #fireworks #celebrate #night #photography
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 36/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #ricohgrd4 #ricohgrdigitalIV #fireworks #celebrate #night #photography
September 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
36. Scat. When you #forget the words, do what Ella did: make up something else … but not words.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 36/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #ricohgrd4 #ricohgrdigitalIV #fireworks #celebrate #night #photography
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 36/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #ricohgrd4 #ricohgrdigitalIV #fireworks #celebrate #night #photography
35. #Imitate. Don’t be shy about it. Try to get as closeasyoucan. You’ll never get all the way, and the separation might be truly remarkable. We have only to look to RichardHamilton and his version of #MarcelDuchamp’s large glass to see how rich,discredited,and underused imitation is as a technique.
August 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
35. #Imitate. Don’t be shy about it. Try to get as closeasyoucan. You’ll never get all the way, and the separation might be truly remarkable. We have only to look to RichardHamilton and his version of #MarcelDuchamp’s large glass to see how rich,discredited,and underused imitation is as a technique.
34. Make mistakes faster. This isn’t my #idea — I borrowed it. I think it belongs to Andy Grove.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 34/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #pool #beachball #photography
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 34/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #pool #beachball #photography
August 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
34. Make mistakes faster. This isn’t my #idea — I borrowed it. I think it belongs to Andy Grove.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 34/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #pool #beachball #photography
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 34/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #pool #beachball #photography
33. Take #fieldtrips. The #bandwidth of the #world is greater than that of your TV set, or the Internet, or even a totally #immersive, #interactive, dynamically rendered, object-oriented, real-time, computer graphic–simulated #environment.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 33/42
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 33/42
August 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
33. Take #fieldtrips. The #bandwidth of the #world is greater than that of your TV set, or the Internet, or even a totally #immersive, #interactive, dynamically rendered, object-oriented, real-time, computer graphic–simulated #environment.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 33/42
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 33/42
32. Listen carefully. Every collaborator who enters our orbit brings with him or her a world more strange and complex than any we could ever hope to imagine. By listening to the details and the subtlety of their needs, desires, or ambitions, we fold their world onto our own.
August 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
32. Listen carefully. Every collaborator who enters our orbit brings with him or her a world more strange and complex than any we could ever hope to imagine. By listening to the details and the subtlety of their needs, desires, or ambitions, we fold their world onto our own.
31. Don’t borrow #money. Once again, Frank Gehry’s advice. By maintaining financial control, we maintain creative control. It’s not exactly rocket science, but it’s surprising how hard it is to maintain this discipline, and how many have failed.
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 31/42
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 31/42
July 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
31. Don’t borrow #money. Once again, Frank Gehry’s advice. By maintaining financial control, we maintain creative control. It’s not exactly rocket science, but it’s surprising how hard it is to maintain this discipline, and how many have failed.
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 31/42
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 31/42
30.Organization = Liberty. Real innovation in design, or any other field, happens in context. That context is usually some form of cooperatively managed enterprise.
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 30/42
#photography #architecture
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 30/42
#photography #architecture
July 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
30.Organization = Liberty. Real innovation in design, or any other field, happens in context. That context is usually some form of cooperatively managed enterprise.
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 30/42
#photography #architecture
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 30/42
#photography #architecture
29. #Think with your mind. #Forget #technology. #Creativity is not device-dependent.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 29/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #photography #shotwithlove #pleasewakeup #blonde #still #sunset #staygolden
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 29/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #photography #shotwithlove #pleasewakeup #blonde #still #sunset #staygolden
July 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
29. #Think with your mind. #Forget #technology. #Creativity is not device-dependent.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 29/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #photography #shotwithlove #pleasewakeup #blonde #still #sunset #staygolden
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 29/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #photography #shotwithlove #pleasewakeup #blonde #still #sunset #staygolden
28. Make new words. Expand the #lexicon. The new conditions demand a new way of thinking. The thinking demands new forms of expression. The #expression generates new conditions.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 28/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #photography #chucks #converse #lowrider
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 28/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #photography #chucks #converse #lowrider
July 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
28. Make new words. Expand the #lexicon. The new conditions demand a new way of thinking. The thinking demands new forms of expression. The #expression generates new conditions.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 28/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #photography #chucks #converse #lowrider
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 28/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #photography #chucks #converse #lowrider
27. #Read only left-hand pages. Marshall McLuhan did this. By decreasing the amount of #information, we leave room for what he called our "noodle."
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 27/42
Actually.... Don't do that.
#photography #shotwithlove #pool #chucks #summer
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 27/42
Actually.... Don't do that.
#photography #shotwithlove #pool #chucks #summer
July 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
27. #Read only left-hand pages. Marshall McLuhan did this. By decreasing the amount of #information, we leave room for what he called our "noodle."
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 27/42
Actually.... Don't do that.
#photography #shotwithlove #pool #chucks #summer
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 27/42
Actually.... Don't do that.
#photography #shotwithlove #pool #chucks #summer
26. Don’t enter #awards #competitions. Just don’t. It’s not good for you.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 26/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #travel #photography #carshow #classic #red #mustang
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 26/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #travel #photography #carshow #classic #red #mustang
June 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
26. Don’t enter #awards #competitions. Just don’t. It’s not good for you.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 26/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #travel #photography #carshow #classic #red #mustang
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 26/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #travel #photography #carshow #classic #red #mustang
25. Don’t clean your desk. You might find something in the morning that you can’t see tonight.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 25/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #photography #ricohgrd4 #keyboard #desk
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 25/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #photography #ricohgrd4 #keyboard #desk
June 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
25. Don’t clean your desk. You might find something in the morning that you can’t see tonight.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 25/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #photography #ricohgrd4 #keyboard #desk
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 25/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #photography #ricohgrd4 #keyboard #desk
Never expect more than you can give. Never give more than you can expect.
June 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Never expect more than you can give. Never give more than you can expect.
24. Avoid software. The problem with #software is that everyone has it.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 24/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #photography #flowers #wildflowers #explore
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 24/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #photography #flowers #wildflowers #explore
June 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
24. Avoid software. The problem with #software is that everyone has it.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 24/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #photography #flowers #wildflowers #explore
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 24/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #photography #flowers #wildflowers #explore
23. Stand on someone’s shoulders. You can #travel farther carried on the accomplishments of those who came before you. And the view is so much better.
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 23/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #dino #green #giddyup
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 23/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #dino #green #giddyup
June 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
23. Stand on someone’s shoulders. You can #travel farther carried on the accomplishments of those who came before you. And the view is so much better.
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 23/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #dino #green #giddyup
An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
By Bruce Mau 23/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #dino #green #giddyup
22. Make your own tools. Hybridize your tools in order to build unique things Even simple tools that are your own can yield entirely new avenues of exploration Remember tools amplify our capacities so even a small tool can make a big difference. An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth By Bruce Mau 22/42
May 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
22. Make your own tools. Hybridize your tools in order to build unique things Even simple tools that are your own can yield entirely new avenues of exploration Remember tools amplify our capacities so even a small tool can make a big difference. An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth By Bruce Mau 22/42
21. #Repeat yourself. If you #like it, do it again. If you don’t like it, do it again.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 21/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #pleasewakeup #fadeaway #streetphotography #goldenhour #architecture
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 21/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #pleasewakeup #fadeaway #streetphotography #goldenhour #architecture
May 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
21. #Repeat yourself. If you #like it, do it again. If you don’t like it, do it again.
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 21/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #pleasewakeup #fadeaway #streetphotography #goldenhour #architecture
An Incomplete #Manifesto for #Growth
By Bruce Mau 21/42
#ricoh #gr #ricohgr #ricohgrd #grdigital #ricohgrdigital #pleasewakeup #fadeaway #streetphotography #goldenhour #architecture