I won't write too many original blog posts...

but what I will do is share other posts / thoughts ... that resonate with me....

"Knowing photography is like being multilingual. It's not an end-all. It's an ability, like any other. You can hang out a shingle announcing your multi-lingualness and offer to multi-ling stuff for people and that's fine. But being multilingual is much, much more powerful as a secondary skill that leverages other abilities."

Ecosystems 101: Photography as a Catalyst

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2014/05/ecosystems-101-photography-as-catalyst.html