by Kim Ort | Jun 29, 2016 | Adventures in Seeing, Contemplation, Openness
In the Adventures in Seeing workshop, we do an exercise with food that is designed to awaken all of our senses, not just the visual one. The more our senses are heightened, the more present and more memorable the experience will be. In the book, The Spell of the...
by Kim Ort | May 11, 2016 | Attention, Contemplation, Openness, Photography, Practices, Seeing
Writing is 90% listening. ~ Natalie Goldberg Last week, I participated in a meditation and writing workshop with author Natalie Goldberg. We spent much of the week in silence, listening to the world around us and to ourselves. The writing emerged from this place. I...
by Kim Ort | Oct 21, 2015 | Contemplation, Curiosity, Habits, Openness
Begin at the beginning. Open the gates to downstream possibilities. Go with the flow and pay attention to fortuitous tributaries. “The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, via PaintersKeys.com Often, the best and most transformative...
