Rick Rubin's take on creativity resonates with me:
We are all antennae for creative thought. Some transmissions come on strong, others are more faint. If your antenna isn’t sensitively tuned, you’re likely to lose the data in the noise. Particularly since the signals coming through are often more subtle than the content we collect through sensory awareness. They are energetic more than tactile, intuitively perceived more than consciously recorded.
Photography is my way to intentionally tune into the frequency my antennae naturally perceive the world in. Whether it's seeing a new place, or face, for the first time, or a familiar place, or face, long known. I usually fail at recording my intuitive perception, i.e. capturing the world as I see and feel it, which stimulates me to experiment, but the intention makes me see and feel in the process.