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 | Nov 21, 2018 | Books, Contemplation, Education, Place, Spirituality, Topics
“When the mind has put off the old self and shall put on the one born of grace, then it will see its own state in the time of prayer resembling sapphire or the color of heaven; this state scripture calls the place of God that was seen by the elders on Mount Sinai.” ~...
by Kim Ort | Oct 10, 2018 | Contemplation, Openness, Possibilities, Practices, Topics
This year I’ve been re-reading some of my favourite books, one of which is Margaret Wheatley’s Leadership and the New Science. Written in 1999, it’s still highly relevant today. Below you’ll find a summary of her thoughts on open systems, along with those from Dan...