The next stage in Miksang, after the unconditional perception, is the most tricky. As we stand on the spot, engaging with the perception in front of us, halting the habitual dialogue in our minds that leads to labelling, judging, etc,…
By no means is every image I take truly Miksang, but the majority of images are influenced to some degree by it and my strongest images have Miksang at the core. Thus, I would like to expand more on the technique. Perhaps…
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (1939 – 1987) was a key contributor to bringing Tibetan Buddhism to North America and established the Shambhala training method. He was also an intriguing photographer and introduced the contemplative approach to photography of Miksang. This technique…
I began taking photographs in 1990 using my camera to document the natural world around me. From the early to middle 2000’s I found myself drawn to simplistic images, such as small groups of pebbles on beaches or single leaves…
Images from the street, to encourage one to view the world in a fresh way. These images are not from the ‘street’ but of a friend’s dog taken a couple of years ago. I think a dogs face can elicit…
I don’t recall the first time I used a camera but I do recall my first camera: a Minolta X-700 and I got it in the early 1990’s. I was very fond of that camera and it taught me the…
