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The Tumble Forward
There’s got to be a better way of getting there.
Robert Weigel
July 20, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes
If you want to improve your photography skills, look for how shadows interact with your setting. Something plain can quickly turn artistic if you capture it at the right moment.  |  Batroun, Lebanon The background emphasises the subject and gives you more to play with. The model tilting her head creates a parallel line with the shadow. |
Howdy,
You’re reading The Don Dispatch. A weekly newsletter meant to serve as a humorous yet insightful guide to life. It feels strange labelling myself as insightful but here you go.
The path forward, in your own business, your project, your creative expression, is littered with obstacles.
Picture a long road, covered in rubble and brush. You set out and have two choices:
– Put your head down and obsess over the barrier in front of you,
– Or keep your head up, fixed on the sliver of vision in the distance.
(By the way, I write these while listening to [this playlist]. It puts me in a state of calm. If you want to join me there, tune in.)