by Kim Ort | May 30, 2016 | Books, Colour, Contemplation, Inspiration, People
You know how some of the smallest and most unexpected moments remain indelible in your memory? Ten years ago, I was at an environmental conference and someone read the excerpt below from a book by Rebecca Solnit called A Field Guid to Getting Lost. Read it slowly and...
by Kim Ort | May 25, 2016 | Books, Contemplation, Inspiration, Practices, Seeing
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the benefits of wandering. Recently, at the meditation and writing retreat with Natalie Goldberg, we practiced slow walking before writing, and I mean very slow, at about a quarter of our regular speed. Natalie writes in her book,...
by Kim Ort | May 18, 2016 | Humility, Photography, Practices, Spirituality, Zen Buddhism
During the meditation and writing retreat at Upaya Zen Center, we spent much of the day in silence. We could speak at dinner if we chose to, but breakfast and lunch were always in silence. During this time, we acknowledged others and the spaces we inhabited...
