Miksang philosophy of photography provides another route to explore

While moving around the Internet, I found an interesting article related to Miksang, a meditation philosophy. Sometimes seeing isn't about you. It's about being receptive to your environment. There are compositions around you every day in the most mundane places. Are you open to seeing them?

This article explores that philosophy with a photographer/teacher of miksang. http://shambhalatimes.org/2009/04/20/i-am-miksang_maxine_sidran/

At the end of the article, you will find a link to her Flikr site. I really enjoy her abstracts and have found myself shooting photos that are similar. It's not about the subject; it's about the color and composition. It's one of the reasons Saul Leiter's work resonates with me.

My assignment for myself today will be to go out and make myself open to finding photos like this.