by Kim Ort | Nov 23, 2019 | Contemplation, Habits, Practices, Seeing
”Our perceptual habits, conscious or unconscious, become our reality. Another way to say this is that we tend to see the world as we believe it to be, unless we consciously choose to attend to what we haven’t yet seen, to notice the unexpected elements of the world....
by Kim Ort | Nov 10, 2019 | Attention, Books, Inspiration, Place, Practices
I’d like to introduce you to two of my favourite books of 2019 – The Art of Is: Improvising as a Way of Life (paid link) by Stephen Nachmanovitch and How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (paid link) by Jenny Odell. While these books are similar in...
by Kim Ort | Dec 31, 2018 | 30 Days of Perception, Contemplation, Perspective, Practices, Seeing
What comes to mind when you hear the word weed (as in the unwanted and reviled plant in your yard)? Weeds are invasive, ugly, and a nuisance for us humans. Or, are they? According to this New York Times article, florists and chefs are looking at weeds in a whole new...
