by Kim Ort | Oct 29, 2013 | Books, Curiosity, Inspiration, People
Humans of New York is a blog that was started by Brandon Stanton a couple of years ago and now has over 2 million daily followers. If you haven’t heard of the Humans of New York (HONY) blog, take a look at the short video below. After losing his job as a bond...
by Kim Ort | Sep 11, 2013 | A Year with Rilke, Belonging / Connection, Compassion
I’ve been taking Kat Sloma’s self-study course, A Sense of Place, and it’s making me think more about the icons of a place. Here in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, the obvious icon is the clock tower in the center of Main Street. At any given time of...
by Kim Ort | Sep 3, 2013 | Books, Practices, Seeing
Inspired by this book review from Brain Pickings, I was excited to read On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes (paid link) by Alexandra Horowitz (paid link). And, it was a thoroughly enjoyable and fascinating read from beginning to end. Right now, you are missing...
