Introspectography

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Observe the operations of your conscious thoughts, ideas, and feelings

at the moment of perception. Consider your motivations. Perform a

detailed inspection of your conscience. Penetrate your soul.

Speak spirit-to-spirit. Examine the relationship between subject and observer. Recognize the effect that your seeing has on it.

Allow yourself to be shown what is really there and what may go unseen if not for you. Appreciate the beauty of life. Be in the present moment.

"To live in the present moment is a miracle . . . appreciate the peace and

beauty that are available now." - Thich Nhat Hanh

When a miracle moment of perception first commands your attention

all possibilities exist. But then, the mere act of observing, in itself,

determines what is observed. By the very act of looking,

the observer affects the observed reality.

You immediately begin the act of looking within. You search inside to

better understand yourself and your relationship to the perception.

In order to observe there must be light. It hits the object and is reflected

for you to see. Light is energetic enough to completely change what is

perceived. Be the light. Ask the subject what it wants to show you.

In the quest for a deeper understanding of my lifework, I was led to

Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche and Dharma Art.

I was tutored by one of his students, Michael Wood. He and his partner,

Julie DuBose, are the principals of Miksang Contemplative Photography.

They introduced me to the path of seeing through the "Good Eye."

Here "the camera is used to express our visual perceptions exactly as

we experience them." "The resulting image is an exact expression of our

eye, mind, and heart as it connects with this perception."

"Seeing in this way brings us joy in being alive."