Author name: Dante Sisofo

No distractions.

Zen focus.

Ignore.

Movement

1. Sleep. Sleep is a steroid.
2. 100% carnivore diet 
3. Quit porn, quit drugs, alcohol, weed.
4. Intermittent fasting during the day — aim to eat 4-5 pounds of beef or lamb every dinner.

To put your physiology at the forefront is extremely critical in this modern world, especially if you live in an urban city. It is my belief that humans are not designed to be indoors and we thrive outside.

Health is wealth

Maximize your sun exposure

The son is God. When the sun is out, I feel 1000x better than when it is not. There’s certainly some sort of physiological connection to humans and nature, especially through the power of the sun. If the sun is out, remove your shirt and embrace the UV rays.

Walk more

The more time you spend moving your physical body through the world the better. I like to wear Vibram Five Finger EL-X shoes. They strengthen my feet and my legs with every step. I believe that walking is more critical than weightlifting.

Fast all day

Train your body to sustain yourself without food. Humans are not meant to consume yummy snacks throughout the day. There’s a reason why gluttony is considered a deadly sin. It quite literally kills you. Wait until the sun sets and feast before bed.

Consume red meat

The carnivore diet has been the biggest and greatest change in my life. Eliminate all the toxins and focus on the food group that provides you with all the nutrients that you need. Beef and lamb are supreme. Chicken is not meat. And beef liver is a superfood that we should eat once per week.

You don’t even need to be religious to understand the fact that gluttony is quite literally “deadly.”

Nothing is ever complete. It seems like a good idea to just make things, publish immediately, and use the process of creation to fill yourself with new ideas.

We can take all the time in the world

I believe with photography it can be done anywhere. You don’t have to make dedicated trips to go and shoot, you don’t have to go out with a certain theme in mind, you don’t have to make it this thing that you force yourself to do. Photography should come naturally in your life, and it should be something that you gravitate towards every day with ease.

Separate yourself from the work

While I believe it’s good to go through your new photos each day, back them up and publish, you should separate yourself from the work. It’s my goal to review all of my photos at the end of the year with a fresh pair of eyes and then make a new sketchbook of my photos to study from. It’s good practice and something that all photographers should consider doing.

Nothing is ever complete

Treat your photos like a stream of becoming. It’s always onto the next one. The idea is that the only photos that truly matter are new photos. If you’re not making new photos, that is the metaphorical death of the photographer.

Dante does not exist

If you’re not publishing to your own website or showing your face and body as the artist behind the work, your photos aren’t real and don’t exist. Anonymity is dead. Usernames are no longer valid. Photos posted on social media aren’t real.