Journal of 10,000 Hours

This journal records my actual 10,000 hour apprenticeship mastering the art of photography through deliberate practice. Specifically:

• activity as it is done
• feedback received
• thoughts that might, or might not, later form a full post

(Hour at start of month 11,110)

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2^nd October 2026

Hours 11,111

(½h) updating this journal

(1½h) Creative Deep Dents YouTube:

• “How Andy Warhol became a Superstar artist (What we can learn for our own art journeys)”
  • Drive and desire
  • Style over craft – he preferred photography to painting or drawing – stole lots of ideas
  • You need to be different to stand out
  • Very aware of the art market – interested in how his work is sold
  • He understood the history of art and understand the zeitgeist
• “Learn 6 creative Bernbach philosophies that’ll make you more creative” Lots of quotes

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1^st October 2026

Hour 11,110

(1h) updating this journal with the new month admin, completely recreating a new banner from scratch

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(September 2026)