by Kim Ort | Feb 17, 2021 | Contemplation, Essence, Seeing, Space
There were two books I read in 2020 that offered new meditative practices. The first, Meditation as Contemplative Inquiry by Arthur Zajonc, I wrote about previously (Part 1 and Part 2) and the second is A Path of Encounter by Jon McAlice. He argues that any type of...
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...
by Kim Ort | Apr 25, 2013 | Contemplation, Contemplative Photographers, Space, Textures / Patterns, Workshops
Last weekend I had the pleasure of spending time photographing with 11 others in the rolling hills of Kentucky (near the bourbon trail). We stayed at Bethany Spring, a beautiful retreat centre just down the road from the Abbey of Gethsemani, where the contemplative...
