22/04/2026
Why rest makes me a better photographer (and creative) - read the full post on my blog .. here in short:
Last week, I cycled home, peeling off layers until I was in a T-shirt—warm wind, sun on my face, the smell of pink and white trees in the air. And yes, I took photos of my own arm being sleeveless, probably ten of them. That’s what I tend to do when something makes me happy.
A few days later, I was sitting in a café waiting for a meeting when everything looked so pretty. I ended up taking about 30 photos of it. People probably wondered what I was doing, but I cannot care about that, because moments like that matter to me.
I keep noticing that the more I rush through my days—editing, emails, content, meetings, admin—the less I actually see. And that’s a problem, because my work depends on seeing.
The challenge is that rest doesn’t come easily to me. When you love what you do, there’s always one more thing you could work on. And with phones and laptops, work is never really far away.
I`ve been listening to a great book by John Mark Comer “Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human”. He describes the art of Sabbath: “It’s about cultivating an environment, an atmosphere, to enjoy your life, your world, and your God. It’s more of a mode of being than a 24-hour time slot.” Go read it if you want to get into this life-giving rhythm of a well-rounded week that I have been struggling with for the biggest part of my self-employed life.
This spring, I’m trying something simple: closing my laptop on Saturday afternoon. Not as a strict rule, but as an act of trust that God will make sure I`m not going to fall behind and that I won`t miss out. Rest doesn’t take me away from my work—it brings me back to it with clearer eyes.
Have you noticed the same?
