by Kim Ort | Aug 24, 2016 | Contemplation, Going Abstract, Photography, Seeing, The Practice of Contemplative Photography
The day I took this photograph at the car wash, normally considered a mundane place, I discovered an new source of play with my camera. This is what a pivotal photograph does; takes you to a different level, a new place, or offers an insight not previously considered....
by Kim Ort | Aug 17, 2016 | Attention, Books, Contemplation, Essence, Habits, Inspiration, People, Practices
Visual Intelligence: “the ability to see what’s there that others don’t, to see what’s not there that should be, to see the positives and the negatives, the opportunity, the invention, the upside, the warning signs, the quickest way, the way...
by Kim Ort | Aug 10, 2016 | Adventures in Seeing, Books, Contemplation, Habits, Inspiration, Practices, Seeing
I spent the summer of 1976 with my Dad in Windsor, Ontario, a place I’d never lived before. He’d moved there a few months earlier and was able to get me a job as a security guard on the night shift at the place where he worked. Since I had no other options...