by Kim Ort | Dec 6, 2020 | Books, Habits, Practices, Seeing
Blindspots. You know what they are. We’re all taught when we learn to drive a car to look back when changing lanes because there’s a blindspot. The literal definition is “an area where a person’s view is obstructed.” In other words, blindspots are things that are...
by Kim Ort | Jul 27, 2020 | Attention, Books, Practices, Seeing, Videos
For the next little while, I’m reposting content from my archive that I think is relevant for today. In 2013, I began to explore how labels, judgments, opinions, and even expectations affect how we see. In this day of overwhelming information and misinformation, it’s...
by Kim Ort | Mar 23, 2020 | 30 Days of Perception, Contemplation, Inspiration, Practices, Questions, Workshops
Thomas Merton is one of my mentors in living a contemplative life. So, I thought I’d begin with his thoughts as a springboard for coming up with contemplative questions for this unique moment in history, when we are quarantined in our homes (if we’re lucky enough to...
