by Kim Ort | Nov 25, 2015 | Books, Contemplation, Inspiration, People, Photography
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. One of the benefits of being a dual citizen of Canada and the United States is that I get to celebrate this holiday twice, in October and November. I’m currently with U.S. friends and family and feeling thankful...
by Kim Ort | Nov 11, 2015 | Essence, Keeping It Simple, Photography, Simplicity / Minimalism, Workshops
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” ~ Hans Hofmann via Brainy Quote Often heard advice from me – simplify, simplify, simplify. But, how do we know what’s necessary and what’s...
by Kim Ort | Oct 28, 2015 | Books, Consolations, Contemplative Photographers, Place
“Genius is best understood in its original and ancient sense: describing the specific underlying quality of a given place as in the Latin Genius Loci, the spirit of a place, it describes a form of meeting, of air and land and trees, perhaps a hillside, a cliff...