by Kim Ort | Jan 7, 2019 | Art, Attention, Contemplation, Curiosity, Inspiration, Lines, People, Seeing, Topics
Robert Irwin just might be the most famous artist you’ve never heard of. Now in his 90’s, he’s considered one of the top artists in the United States. I wrote a post about his book, Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees, which was my favourite book of...
by Kim Ort | Oct 31, 2017 | Inspiration, Lines, People, Photo By Design 1, Photography, Practices, Shapes
Last weekend, I spent a day with Freeman Patterson, one of my mentors in seeing. Patterson is a well-known and loved Canadian photographer, known for his workshops with Andre Gallant in New Brunswick and South Africa, as well as other places. He’s been...
by Kim Ort | Nov 25, 2014 | Lines, Visual Design, Visual Journalling
I’ve been doing a short course on creating mandalas (circles) by the wonderfully creative Julie Gibbons. Gibbons describes the etymology of the Sanskirt word mandala – ‘manda’ meaning essence and ‘la’ meaning container. A mandala circle...
