by Kim Ort | Apr 25, 2013 | Contemplation, Contemplative Photographers, Space, Textures / Patterns, Workshops
Last weekend I had the pleasure of spending time photographing with 11 others in the rolling hills of Kentucky (near the bourbon trail). We stayed at Bethany Spring, a beautiful retreat centre just down the road from the Abbey of Gethsemani, where the contemplative...
by Kim Ort | Apr 23, 2013 | Art, Contemplation, Photography, Seeing, Videos, Visual Design
** 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. This post is based on a webinar called Listening to Our Eyes: Seeing as Meditation (The Center for Contemplative Mind in...
by Kim Ort | Apr 16, 2013 | Contemplation, Photography, Textures / Patterns
Essence is defined as “the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, esp. something abstract, that determines its character.” While at the Miksang contemplative photography workshop last summer, we spent a day exploring the...
by Kim Ort | Apr 9, 2013 | Books, Contemplation, Photography, Seeing, Visual Design
** 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. What is wabi-sabi? In the book Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian Contemplative Practice, Christine Valters...
by Kim Ort | Apr 2, 2013 | Contemplation, Curiosity, Photography, Seeing
** Books mentioned have Amazon or Bookshop affiliate links, meaning I make a few cents if you purchase through my link. I only recommend books that I’ve read. How do you behold the world? In the first chapter of her book, Eyes of the Heart: Photography as a Christian...
by Kim Ort | Mar 19, 2013 | Contemplative Photographers, Essence, Inspiration, Openness
Have you ever had the experience where a visual scene reflected your inner state? This is called equivalence. In this post, we’ll explore the idea of equivalence and its history in photography. But first, a Little Photographic History * Thomas Wedgewood was a...
by Kim Ort | Feb 5, 2013 | Contemplation, Perspective, Photo By Design 1, Photography, Textures / Patterns
Last week in Photo by Design we were noticing textures and patterns. Patterns have repeating elements and are found everywhere in nature. When we make things, we often mimic the patterns found in nature. Sandra, creator of the Reflections and Nature Blog, posted the...
by Kim Ort | Jan 11, 2013 | Adventures in Seeing, Photography
Quote excerpted from A Year with Rilke (Barrows and Macy) One of the fundamental things in life is impermanence, the fact that everything (including ourselves) is constantly changing. Yet, this is also something we often resist or deny. As the poet Rilke says, we most...
by Kim Ort | Dec 13, 2012 | Attention, Contemplation, Openness, Photography, Practices
In 2007 I began my first 365 day photo project, Eye on Indy, for graduate work I was doing. My goal was to determine how or if my sense of the place where I lived (Indianapolis, Indiana) changed as a result of photographing it every day. It definitely did change my...
by Kim Ort | Nov 15, 2012 | Contemplation, Photography, Workshops
In business and in life, it’s always a good idea to have in mind at least an idea of the path you want to take or how you see life evolving going forward. Of course that shouldn’t take away from experiencing life as it’s happening now. And, we also...
