by Kim Ort | Jun 3, 2014 | Belonging / Connection, Contemplation, Quotes, Spirituality, Zen Buddhism
** Books mentioned have Amazon affiliate links, meaning I make a few cents if you purchase through my link. I only recommend books that I’ve read. As I sit at my computer writing, the screen door is open and I can feel the warmth of the day on my skin. My dog sleeps...
by Kim Ort | May 8, 2014 | Going Abstract, Photography, Place
I’m away on vacation this week and this is a re-post of an article I wrote in 2011. I took this image in March of 2007 at Eagle Creek Park near my home in Indianapolis. At the time, I was working on my Masters degree in environmental issues. For one class, we...
by Kim Ort | Mar 6, 2014 | Books, Inspiration, Openness, Seeing, Wonder / Awe
If you start thinking that only your biggest and shiniest moments count, you’re setting yourself up to feel like a failure most of the time. Personally, I’d rather feel good most of the time, so to me everything counts; the small moments, the medium ones,...
by Kim Ort | Feb 13, 2014 | Contemplation, Topics
In contemplative photography terms, perceptions are gaps in the thinking process; characterized by being suddenly stopped or startled by something. It is pre-conscious – before our brain kicks in. We’ve all had those moments when time seems to stop and we...
by Kim Ort | Nov 20, 2013 | Books, Contemplative Photographers, Seeing
In my previous post, I shared some thoughts and an outline of a new book on contemplative photography by Julie DuBose called Effortless Beauty: Photography as an Expression of Mind, Eye, and Heart. This book is based on the practice of Miksang contemplative...
by Kim Ort | Nov 19, 2013 | Books, Contemplation, Contemplative Photographers, Habits, Practices
Last year I posted extensively about my experiences with the book, The Practice of Contemplative Photography(paid link), by Michael Wood and Andy Karr. Afterwards, I attended a workshop in Boulder, Colorado led by Michael Wood and his partner, Julie DuBose. The...
by Kim Ort | Oct 22, 2013 | Adventures in Seeing, Attention, Belonging / Connection, Contemplation, Essence, Playing Big
In part 1 of this series, I talked about my beginnings as a photographer and the evolution from a focus on technique to one of creative self-expression. At the end of that post, I was at the point where I was beginning to blog and write online. I’d set up an...
by Kim Ort | Jun 18, 2013 | Books, Contemplation, Photography, Questions
Over the weekend I received a question from a new reader and I thought I’d share it and my answer with you. “Could I use photography and/or my love of drawing to find some answers for the clarity I have been searching for? Have you found this...
by Kim Ort | Jun 4, 2013 | Belonging / Connection, Contemplation, Contemplative Photographers, Seeing
In the act of deeply seeing, we transcend the boundaries between the self and the otherness of the world, momentarily merging with the thing seen. ~ Alex Grey * For me, photography is about realizing or becoming aware of a connection that is already there. As Alex...
by Kim Ort | May 14, 2013 | Contemplative Photographers, Inspiration, People
For the Contemplative Photographer, the camera is viewed as an extension of a person’s heart and mind and the resulting photographs as a visual, and highly personal diary of experience and expression. ~ Patricia Turner I was thrilled to meet Patricia Turner at...
