Quantum Seeing: Photography, Meditation and Dissolving Boundaries of Time and Space

Quantum Seeing: Photography, Meditation and Dissolving Boundaries of Time and Space

Two Saturdays, February 18th, 25th, 1-5 pm
Cost: $95

Now through February 13th! All classes 20% off
or two people attend for price of one!

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Join Richard Miller as he opens up creative and personal possibilities through meditative inquiry with a camera. In this workshop you will investigate the boundaries of objects in time and space, discovering details and dissolving habitual perceptions. As the work progresses, Time presents opportunities for creativity — your task is to be present and aware in order to capture them. Engage in expansive inquiry in this eye-opening workshop.

You will be able to apply what you learn in this workshop to every part of life. Class will meet indoors and explore outdoors. No prior training in photography needed. Bring a camera you’re comfortable using–cell phone is fine.

There will be opportunities to display your work on the CCI website and Facebook page.

Instructor: Richard Miller, M.F.A. is a fine art photographer who has exhibited across the United States. For more than thirty years, he has drawn on the visionary breakthroughs found in Tarthang Tulku’s Time, Space and Knowledge (1977) to inspire creativity in his photography and his life.

Sample Exercise: Seeing Discontinuously

First, look around at your surroundings and take note of how hard it is to notice fine details. Instead of seeing the stitching on the chair does your mind simply label it “chair” and then blankly stare at it? Now stand with your feet a little wider than hips width apart with your hands on your hips and begin to rotate your torso all the way left and all the way right.

Play with different speeds to see how they affect you. As you reach the extreme left your right heel comes off the floor and you pivot on the ball of that foot. At the extreme right your left heel comes off the floor and you pivot on the ball of your left foot. As you rotate imagine that the world is spinning in the opposite direction. After a couple of minutes slow it down and close your eyes. Now pop your eyes open and closed for an instant, long enough for the view to register but no longer. Do this every few seconds as you continue to rotate your torso. Each time you open your eyes imagine that you are seeing a completely new world. Each new visual image is unique and discontinuous from the previous images or from future images.

Stop the exercise and again notice how your seeing is operating. Do you have more patience and interest in fine details? Do your eyes move smoothly across your surroundings rather than staring at objects? Does the world seem fresher? Take this new way of seeing into your practice of photography. Tuning into fine details and seeing the uniqueness of each moment of visual perception.