by Kim Ort | Dec 8, 2015 | Contemplation, Inspiration, People, Practices, Questions
Each December, I choose a word or theme for the coming year. It’s usually something I spend some time figuring out – through a worksheet or guide, like Susannah Conway’s Unravelling the Year Ahead. For 2015, my word was devotion. Devotion has to do...
by Kim Ort | Aug 27, 2015 | Attention, Contemplation, Photography, Practices
It is useless to study technique in advance of having a motive. Instead of establishing a vast stock of technical tricks, it would be far wiser to develop creative power by constant search for means particular to a motive already in mind, by studying and developing...
by Kim Ort | Jul 30, 2015 | Contemplation, Practices, Visual Journalling
Haiku is a form of poetry that originates from Japan. It usually consists of three lines, containing five, seven, and five syllables respectively. These three lines pare an experience down to its essence. There is no interpretation; you say what happened or what you...