by Kim Ort | May 16, 2013 | Adventures in Seeing, Attention, Contemplation, Humility
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro’ narrow chinks of his cavern. ~ William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell On this blog I talk a lot about...
by Kim Ort | May 1, 2013 | Attention, Photography, Place, Seeing
This week I am away on vacation as my husband just finished his year of school and we are celebrating. We flew into Kelowna, British Columbia – central to the Okanagan Valley, one of the warmest and driest spots in Canada (semi-arid) and home to many excellent...
by Kim Ort | Jan 22, 2013 | A Year with Rilke, Attention, Contemplation, Inspiration
Almost everything that matters is difficult, and everything matters. ~ Rilke How would it change the way we inhabit our days if we truly believed that everything matters? I have been reminded several times over the past couple of weeks about the importance of being...