by Kim Ort | Jul 21, 2020 | Inspiration, People
For the next little while, I’m reposting content from my archive that I think is relevant for today. In 2012 I was doing a 365 day photo project on contemplative photography. I was very much focused on opening the senses and especially listening. This post highlights...
by Kim Ort | Jul 10, 2020 | Contemplation, Photography, Videos
For the next little while, I’m reposting content from my archive that I think is relevant for today. In 2011 I began my exploration of contemplative photography and here’s the first post I wrote about it. What I’d love for you to note most is the excerpt from the...
by Kim Ort | Jun 24, 2020 | Acceptance, Books, Contemplation
For the next little while, I’m going to repost some content from my archive that I think is relevant for today. I started my blog in November of 2010, so there’s not much content from that year, but this one on acceptance is based on a chapter in one of my favourite...
by Kim Ort | Feb 22, 2018 | Books, Inspiration, People
St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, where we celebrate all things Irish. I’ve been revisiting the work of one of my favourite Irish writers, the poet and mystic, John O’Donohue, who passed away in 2008 at the age of 52. I first discovered...
by Kim Ort | Dec 14, 2016 | Contemplation, Inspiration, People
During December, I’m revisiting older posts to introduce you to some of my mentors in seeing. Thomas Merton is the mentor introduced in the Focus section of my new book, Adventures in Seeing: How the Camera Teaches You to Pause, Focus, and Connect with Life. Enjoy!...
by Kim Ort | Sep 3, 2015 | Books, Inspiration, People, Photography
This is a re-write of a previous article. The story happened twenty-one years ago and I’m revisiting the Ansel Adams book now. Finally. 1 p.m. My favourite time of the day. My two youngest were settled into their afternoon naps and the oldest was in school. I...
by Kim Ort | Aug 14, 2012 | Attention, Contemplation, Perspective, Photography, Place
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Seventeen years ago, my family left the home we’d built in Illinois to move to Indiana. Luckily, our best friends from our old neighbourhood...
by Kim Ort | Jul 17, 2012 | Books, Contemplation
During a Miksang contemplative photography workshop in Boulder, Colorado, we often went to the downtown pedestrian mall to photograph. Each day we were given an intention to be open to something different. One day it was colour, another day texture, then patterns,...
by Kim Ort | Jun 1, 2012 | Contemplation
In Susannah Conway’s book, This I Know (paid link), she challenges us to write a post about 10 Things You Might Not Know About Me. This week, in Kim Klassen’s Beyond Layers Class, she asked us to write 10 Truths About Ourselves. Then, on Sally Gentle...
by Kim Ort | May 22, 2012 | Books
How does one achieve success and personal satisfaction at the same time? That is the million dollar question. One which Sir Ken Robinson answers in his brilliant book, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. This book is filled with examples of...
