by Kim Ort | Dec 14, 2015 | Books, Contemplation, Essence, Visual Journalling, Workshops
As part of my preparation for the year to come, I’m taking part in Jeffrey Davis’ Quest2016 – 12 prompts from 12 visionaries. You are welcome to join in. This week, instigator Seth Godin asks, “Would they miss you if you were gone? What would...
by Kim Ort | Nov 11, 2015 | Essence, Keeping It Simple, Photography, Simplicity / Minimalism, Workshops
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” ~ Hans Hofmann via Brainy Quote Often heard advice from me – simplify, simplify, simplify. But, how do we know what’s necessary and what’s...
by Kim Ort | Aug 6, 2015 | Acceptance, Books, Essence, Humility, Spirituality, Zen Buddhism
Wabi-sabi refers to an elusive and elegant beauty. Wabi suggests a beauty of elegant imperfection. Sabi means loneliness or rather aloneness. Together, they suggest the beauty of ‘the withered, weathered, tarnished, scarred, intimate, coarse, earthly,...