on self-assignments (with a side of mud, booze, and rednecks)

Chip Litherland:

What’s the point?  The photography business can be a rat race.  There are tens of thousands of photographers out there doing exactly what you and I do. Everyone has one unique thing – a vision.  That vision can be driven by ego, competition, passion, fear, curiosity, artistry, adversity, and talent.  What drives yours? It should be you.

Sometimes feeding the beast is easiest when that beast is you.