Billy Scorpio.
Woke up very early and logged into Facebook thinking to myself, “the early worm probably catches the bird”, when I saw one of Jamaica’s best photographers, a guy we’ll call Billy Scorpio, on my chat list. Everyone else in Jamaica seemed to be still sleeping.
Billy Scorpio is someone I never met before, in the real world, but I always admired his work and even had the temerity to make comments, in his Facebook Photo albums, when I particularly hated or, more usually, when I loved, something he did. He always took the remarks of his many fans with a good natured laugh.
I sometimes daydreamed about what it must be like to have a job like his, instead of one that’s just stressful and under-paid. He gets to photograph the country’s top music performers and actors, he works with the most beautiful women all day long. They fawn over his every word, realising that his skills and opinion can make or break their careers. He spends his days telling them which skimpy clothes to wear and what erotic positions to assume. They love him for it. It’s a hard life, but I guess someone had to do it. Billy Scorpio is that lucky guy.
To my surprise he actually initiated a conversation with me, by saying something about my status message, and after some idle banter I said to him that it must be tough for him to focus with so many beautiful women on the set of his shoots.
He laughed, then quickly replied, with words that I’d replay in my mind for years to come, “You must hunt like a lion …he picks one gazelle and really only hunts for her…he hardly sees the rest of the herd.”

Hunt Like a Lion
He then discussed a photo of his I liked and I said it could be the start of a bigger project. He asked me how I would develop such an idea further. After many probing questions, which made me wonder how viable the idea really was, he suddenly found a unifying idea, a big concept, that could link a series of such photos and I then mentioned a potential sponsor.
I had one last reservation, one more doubt, ” Someone in the world must have done it before. ” I said.
“So ? Just do it better.” Billy answered.
I knew our ideas were sound but I also know I have no credentials in his area of expertise. I felt curious since it’s rare in Jamaica for people to be so willing to listen to an amateur’s view.
“Why would you even ask me about this ? You’re the pro, I should be trying to learn from you here.” I said.
“That’s why I asked you. You have a fresh perspective.”, Billy Scorpio replied instantly.
He thanked me for the brainstorm session and said he was heading back to sleep. He promised I’d soon see the results because he was definitely going to work on the project we discussed. He left quickly.
I was stunned. I had just spoken to a Master.
I had learnt from reading Musashi, ( in The Book of Five Rings ), that a true master always learns a thousand things, from one thing, yet it still never failed to amaze me when I met a true master.
Billy Scorpio is such a master. He has focused on mastering but one thing, Photography. From this mastery he has learnt about the importance of Focus and how Perspective can affect your Vision. He has developed Vison way beyond that in his camera’s lens. He had the Eye of the Predator. Realizing the value of both hard work and rest. He strived to always keep a fresh Perspective. He’d never be hungry for prey, because he was always hungry to improve himself.
January 12, 2009 Posted by heavylogix | Beautiful Women, Lateral Thinking, Photography, Strategy | Beautiful Women, book of five rings, chat, facebook, focus, fresh perspective, gazelle, hunt like a lion, musashi, Photography, predator, scorpio, status message, the herd | 3 Comments
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I’m Mark J. B. Bowen. Another blogger who wants to be a best-selling Novelist one day.
I’m a tall guy, in my early forties, from Kingston, Jamaica who likes to dream big and combine interesting ideas in unusual ways.
My main interests are writing songs and writing books.
I read a lot of books (mostly on strategy and novels) and I am interested in Photography.
Psychology, Economics, World Politics, Travelling and Lateral Thinking and Business Ideas always fascinate me.
I also like Comic books and Art ( by painters such as Robt. Williams or Frazetta ).
For fun I play strategy games, like chess and poker, mostly online. I also enjoy swimming especially at the beach. Used to do Tai Chi and subjects like Daoism and Reiki still interest me.
I practically live on Facebook.
Been married for six years and have a daughter that age also.
My blog will probably touch on all these various areas at some time. Although my blog is just really like a very personal journal or scrapbook of ideas that I find motivating, or worth thinking about, hopefully you’ll enjoy it also.
Leave a comment and share your opinion, I really appreciate that.
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