This week, we begin with a listener question around passion and purpose. What drives the “why” behind your work? Should public perception/reception play a role in what or why you create or should accolades be merely a byproduct? Nicholas Nixon is our Photographer of the Week.

Links for this episode:

• Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 Hour Rule for deliberate practice is wrong: Genes for music, IQ, drawing ability, and other skills.
  
• Beauty Is Embarrassing, A Wonderful Documentary About Pee-wee’s Playhouse Artist Wayne White
  
• Richard Prince: "New Portraits" - Cool Hunting
  
• ‘Exhibit B,’ installation art that re-created the horror of human zoos, shut down after London protesters demand closure - The Washington Post
  
• Amtrak is giving 24 people a 'writer's residency' on its trains | The Verge
  
• The U.S. Forest Service Wants to Fine You $1,000 for Taking Pictures in the Forest - Esquire
  
• Microsoft and Adobe team up to make Photoshop way better for touchscreens | The Verge
  
• Adobe project brings Photoshop to Chrome, Chrome OS - CNET
  
• McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Monologue: Glengarry, Bob Ross.
  
• Glengarry Glen Ross speech - YouTube
  
• Nicholas Nixon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Interview with Nicholas Nixon
  
• Forty Portraits in Forty Years - NYTimes.com
  
• Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
  
• Become Ocean | Cantaloupe Music
  
• OTP G+ Group
  Assignment: #EmptyStreet

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