by Kim Ort | Sep 19, 2013 | Essence, In-Person Workshops, Openness, Photography
Last weekend was my first in-person photography workshop in my new town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. Seven beautiful women came and explored with me. I had a fabulous time and I think they did too. Niagara-on-the-Lake is a destination. It’s a tourist town known for...
by Kim Ort | Aug 29, 2013 | Essence, Seeing, Topics
This week I read a fascinating post at Maria Popova’s Brain Pickings site – The Magic and Logic of Color. She refers to a classic book by Josef Albers called Interaction of Color.* Albers is an abstract painter and expert on color theory. The whole article...
by Kim Ort | Aug 27, 2013 | Contemplation, Essence, Habits, Simplicity / Minimalism, Space
Eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. ~ Hans Hofmann One of the contemplative habits we focus on in Adventures in Seeing is simplicity. Since there is only so much time in our lives (and we don’t know how long that time will be), we want to...