Hi and welcome.
My name is Kim Manley Ort, a contemplative photographer and writer from Niagara, Ontario, Canada. I’ve been writing and facilitating workshops on seeing since 2010. Many of the skills required to see and make a great photograph also apply to seeing in life. It’s all about the quality of attention.
What is Seeing Clearly about?
How can we learn to see as clearly as possible? I firmly believe that we can cultivate the necessary skills right where we are, in our daily life, and have deeper and more meaningful experiences. Through reflections and practices, I offer ways to deepen your quality of attention and notice how your own preconceptions can get in the way.
In 2021, I wrote weekly about the way body and mind have to work together to see clearly. We learned to see in terms of relationships. In 2022, we took what we learned and applied it to the places where we live, with the goal of being better and more effective inhabitants and citizens of the land. Since then, I’ve been writing longer form essays, consolidating much of my writing over the past dozen years into major themes. It’s free! Billing is currently paused.
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