CONTEMPLATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY - MIKSANG

Use your camera as a meditation tool? The photographic image not only records what it is pointed at - it speaks to the photographer's relationship with the world and their quality of presence. Are you looking, seeing, trying, rehearsing? Are you present to what is before you?

Miksang is a Tibetan word that translates as 'Good Eye', and was developed by photographer Michael Wood and based on the Shambhala and Dharma Art teachings of the late Buddhist teacher and artist Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Miksang is described on the official site as:

"...concerned with uncovering the truth of pure perception. We see something vivid and penetrating, and in that moment we can express our perception without making anything up—nothing added, nothing missing. Totally honest about what we see—straight shooting....When we synchronize eye and mind, we abandon all concepts and predispositions and become completely present in the moment. The world becomes a magical display of vivid perception. We can develop the ability to experience and express these experiences precisely through the practice of contemplative photography."

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