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The journey is from a fixed or conditioned way of seeing the world around us to a method of seeing which is flexible, open, and receptive. This may sound simple but is actually difficult because we are so attached to our beliefs, and so fascinated by our thoughts, power of imagination and images.

The aim of the popular mindfulness programs and practices is to help us cope with stress and to improve our well-being. It is a self-improvement program that has found its way into all walks of life.
On the other hand there is a mindfulness that has its origin in Buddhism which is just the opposite of this popular trend that we see . Its aim is to weaken or to minimize the importance of the self. By doing so it allows us to be truly creative.

To be present takes much more than good intentions, attentiveness, and strong will. They are helpful but to think they are enough is a trap we easily fall into.

” Photography is not what’s important. It’s seeing. The camera,      films, even pictures, are not important. ”    Aligmantas Kezys In More about Seeing and Photography I like to make some comments about Kezy’s quote above. I stumbled over his lines because they come from a person who is an accomplished photographer. It …

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There are two kinds of Wow. The first one is a reaction to an image that meets our expectation. The second is a reaction to an image that stunned us because it did not meet our expectation at all.