# amor fati (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover amor fati. Page: Feed: --- ## [Intuition, Not Rules](https://guytal.blog/2026/08/10/intuition-not-rules/) _2026-08-10 · Guy Tal · Guy Tal | Photographer, Author_ The so-called “rules” of photographic composition are, in my opinion, invalid, irrelevant and immaterial—nothing but obscurations between the spirit and the revelation of the world of nature and of man . . . It is affirmed here that there are no rules of composition in photography; there are only good photographs! —Ansel Adams In a... Continue Reading ## [The Heart Remembers](https://simonematthews.substack.com/p/the-heart-remembers) _2026-08-03 · Simone M. Matthews · Radiantly Human 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦_ There is a place within you that has never forgotten who you are. ## [The 12 Codes of Becoming](https://simonematthews.substack.com/p/the-12-codes-of-becoming) _2026-07-21 · Simone M. Matthews · Radiantly Human 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦_ A Living Architecture for Humanity’s Next Great Evolution ## [Life, Meaning, Rebellion, and Art](https://guytal.blog/2026/07/20/life-meaning-rebellion-and-art/) _2026-07-20 · Guy Tal · Guy Tal | Photographer, Author_ To say yes to the world, to reproduce it, is simultaneously to re-create the world and oneself, to become the great artist, the creator. —Albert Camus Note 1: If you have not already done so, please take a moment to read and consider my Read This First page before proceeding to the essay below. The... Continue Reading ## [The Dizziness of Freedom](https://guytal.blog/2026/07/06/the-dizziness-of-freedom/) _2026-07-06 · Guy Tal · Guy Tal | Photographer, Author_ I am amazed that some people can be so lacking in anxiety as to imagine that they have grasped the truth of their art on the first try. —Henri Matisse In his 1844 work, The Concept of Anxiety, Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard wrote, “anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” (In some translations, the word “dread”... Continue Reading ## [Free Webinar: Future Hindsights, Author Talk with Guy Tal](https://guytal.blog/2026/06/10/free-webinar-future-hindsights-author-talk-with-guy-tal/) _2026-06-10 · Guy Tal · Guy Tal | Photographer, Author_ Many thanks for those who joined us and for the excellent question! If you ve missed our live session, you may watch the recording here: I invite you to join fellow writer and photographer Colleen Miniuk and me for a FREE special live author talk on Thursday, June 18th at 5PM Mountain Time (7PM Eastern,... Continue Reading ## [Nature, Beauty, Art (and AI)](https://guytal.blog/2026/06/08/nature-beauty-art-and-ai/) _2026-06-08 · Guy Tal · Guy Tal | Photographer, Author_ What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism. —Albert Einstein All forms of language are by nature ambiguous. This is because languages... Continue Reading ## [Still Here. Still Shining.](https://simonematthews.substack.com/p/still-here-still-shining) _2026-05-22 · Simone M. Matthews · Radiantly Human 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦_ Joy, Collective Grief, and our Quantum Leap ## [Announcing: Future Hindsights E-Book Now Available](https://guytal.blog/2026/05/15/announcing-future-hindsights-e-book-now-available/) _2026-05-15 · Guy Tal · Guy Tal | Photographer, Author_ My new E-Book, Future Hindsights / Selected Writings on Photography and Experience, is now available for purchase! The E-Book is in PDF format and offered for a limited time at an introductory price of $17.95. ~~~ Future Hindsight is the idea (first introduced in my book, Another Day Not Wasted) of living and creating such that... Continue Reading ## [Archive Diving](https://guytal.blog/2026/05/11/archive-diving/) _2026-05-11 · Guy Tal · Guy Tal | Photographer, Author_ Announcements: My new e-book, Future Hindsights, will be available for purchase from my website on Friday, May 15th. I will post an announcement and link on this blog when I release it. If you wish to receive the announcement and my regular blog articles via email, please subscribe here. If you wish to purchase autographed copies... Continue Reading ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/j114fyZWVK94) _2026-05-11 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [The Space She Left.](https://simonematthews.substack.com/p/the-space-she-left) _2026-05-08 · Simone M. Matthews · Radiantly Human 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦_ On Grief, Growth, & Learning to Live in the After ## [Self-Expression, Suppression, and Art](https://guytal.blog/2026/03/26/self-expression-suppression-and-art/) _2026-03-26 · Guy Tal · Guy Tal | Photographer, Author_ What is a poet? An unhappy man who in his heart harbors a deep anguish, but whose lips are so fashioned that the moans and cries which pass over them are transformed into ravishing music. And men crowd about the poet and say to him, “Sing for us soon again”—which is as much as... Continue Reading ## [Amor Fati—Part IV: Nature and Music](https://guytal.blog/2026/02/25/amor-fati-part-iv-nature-and-music/) _2026-02-25 · Guy Tal · Guy Tal | Photographer, Author_ Without music, life would be a mistake. —Friedrich Nietzsche Previous installments in this series: Amor Fati—Part I: Introduction Amor Fati—Part II: Vastness Amor Fati—Part III: Acceptance and Rebellion In his poem, The Peace of Wild Things, Wendell Berry confessed, “When despair for the world grows in me \[…\] I come into the peace of wild... Continue Reading ## [Amor Fati—Part III: Acceptance and Rebellion](https://guytal.blog/2026/02/09/amor-fati-part-iii-acceptance-and-rebellion/) _2026-02-09 · Guy Tal · Guy Tal | Photographer, Author_ Don’t ask, “Is my attitude toward life the right one?”—to that question there is no answer. Every attitude is as right as every other, all are a part of life. Ask instead, “Since I am as I am, since I have these particular needs and problems which seem to be spared so many others, what... Continue Reading ## [Magical Makeup](https://drfinchconjure.substack.com/p/cleopatra-may-i) _2026-01-29 · Dr. Finch · Dr. Finch Conjure_ Conjured Cosmetics, Final Pharaohs, & Beauty Spells that last for Millennia ## [Important Message from Simone](https://simonematthews.substack.com/p/important-message-from-simone) _2025-07-31 · Simone M. Matthews · Radiantly Human 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦_ To my beloved Friends & Community Members... ## [A Ghost Lamp + Year in Review + Come to the New Moon Occult Salon!](https://drfinchconjure.substack.com/p/a-ghost-lamp-year-in-review-come) _2024-10-31 · Dr. Finch · Dr. Finch Conjure_ Happy Halloween! Or, a conjurer's heartfelt letter in a time of algorithmic collapse