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Miksang Contemplative Photography

the magic of everyday beauty

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Beginner’s mind, best mind

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few. Shunryu Suzuki | ‘Shoshin’ is a Japanese word meaning “beginner’s mind”. It refers to having an attitude of openness, eagerness, and… Continue Reading

15 August 2018 Helen Gallery
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Sense of Delight

The phenomenal world is self-existing. You can see it, you can look at it, you can appreciate your survey, and you can present your view to others. It is possible to discover the inherent state… Continue Reading

12 June 2018 Helen Gallery
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Fresh Seeing!

If you are able relax – relax to a cloud by looking at it, relax to a drop of rain and experience its genuineness – you can see the unconditionality of reality, which remains very simply in things… Continue Reading

2 April 2018 Helen Gallery
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49 pictures – III

49 pictures of successful photographic moments where I was enjoying my visual attentiveness; seeing something out of the blue, allowing the experience, letting it in and taking some time. Taking some time to understand my perception… Continue Reading

8 August 2017 Helen Gallery
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49 pictures – II

“We no longer regard a work of art as a gimmick or a confirmation, it is simply expression – not even self expression, just expression. There is such a thing as unconditional expression, that does… Continue Reading

12 July 2017 Helen Gallery
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49 pictures – I

In this century, to stop rushing around, to sit quietly on the grass, to switch off the world and come back to the earth, to allow the eye a willow, a bush, a cloud, a… Continue Reading

26 June 2017 Helen Gallery
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The Magic of Everyday Beauty

Everyday Beauty & Magic – a selection of my Miksang pictures presented in a short movie on Vimeo | Moments of being struck, lightness, seeing joyfully while meeting the extraordinary of the ordinary. Magic Moments of… Continue Reading

13 March 2017 Helen Gallery
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Flower viewing & enjoying life

Hanami ‘Hanami’ literally “flower viewing” is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers. ‘Hana’ means flower and ‘mi’ means ‘viewing’. Mostly referring to the cherry blossom from the sakura tree. Less well-known is ‘umami’… Continue Reading

23 April 2016 Helen Gallery
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Random magic moments

Random magic moments – autumn and winter 2015 Really stopping, taking the time to let in what is seen. The more I practice contemplative photography the more I see and understand the magic is there already,… Continue Reading

7 January 2016 Helen Gallery
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Summer Impressions

My selection of NOW-moments of the summer months. Strolling around with ease and sometimes in a hurry – with sun, wind, rain, at home, close to home, and further away. From here to there and back,… Continue Reading

15 September 2015 Helen Gallery
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