by Kim Ort | Mar 22, 2017 | Contemplation, Essence, Poetry, Simplicity / Minimalism
Poet and teacher Naomi Shihab Nye says that we are living in a poem, whether we know it or not. Her students ask her, “What do you mean, we’re living in a poem?” Or, “When? All the time, or just when someone talks about poetry?” And I’d say, “No, when you...
by Kim Ort | Mar 15, 2017 | Books, Contemplation, Topics
“To take vision for granted, to be thoughtless about the variety, miracle, and magic of seeing is to limit one’s self to a play-by-play objectification of reality. But to envision the act of seeing as the marriage between the viewer and viewed is to be...
by Kim Ort | Mar 4, 2017 | Contemplation, Inspiration, Openness, Practices
“Just put your love into your eyes and just look at the world with that gaze and that’s what contemplation is about, really. It’s learning how to find that gaze in yourself and to put it in the world.” ~ Marilyn Nelson via On Being Finding that gaze is...
