...try a different lens she says.

Tracing my steps through downtown Pittsburgh not long ago, while working on a project called Downtown Now I felt like I was bumping up against a mime wall, you know those invisible walls created by mime's with their hands. I had just finished up a multi-week project using a canon d-Slr and my trusty 28-70mm lens and everything was feeling done before. I was looking for light and interesting people and seeing none of it.
At dinner that evening, Jennifer, my wife and muse, said slightly muffled, "try a different lens!"
Of course the advice is good, she only gives good advice, but what struck me is that she had to say it at all. You see this is the advice I give to my friends and students when they get "stuck" with the photographers version to writer's block. Sometimes, changing a lens or film or format will be just the kick in the seat of the pants that we (I) need to find what we were looking for.