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Minimalism and abstract
- Thread starter pdh
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Miksang photography? Looked that up, learned something new again. Hanging a camera around my neck seems to be enough for me to get into that state of mind.
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- Matt
Ha! Being reminded of this today makes it feel like a fad - but it really isn't.
I myself need a little time (and peace of mind and/or exercise/exertion) to get "in the zone", but in fact, much of what I feel and do while shooting still follows this basic pattern ...
I realised this just a couple of days ago (maybe only yesterday?) when someone talked about "speed" as something desirable. It certainly isn't for me ... Nor do I crave the spectacular. The smaller the find, the more I experience satisfaction in making the corresponding image work. That's one of the main reasons I like to get close (not macro - just close).
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Irene McC
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Miksang : thanks - indeed, something I had to google. A Tibetan word apparently. Interesting.
The concept isn't new to me although the word is - I suppose we do things intuitively / instinctively without hanging a label on everything
The concept isn't new to me although the word is - I suppose we do things intuitively / instinctively without hanging a label on everything
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If you do enough searching Miksang can become rather pretentious, but I feel it is core to why people like photography. To get philosophical, I feel there is two main aspects to photography: documentation and art. They are inseparable but also independant. For me miksang is then a focus on the art aspect, willfully letting the documentation aspect fade from consideration... ie contemplative photography focused on the feel of the visual experience.
I've always taken the broad view on things, browsing this thread I figure a rose by any other name is still a rose; this is the experience I was seeking after all.
I feel one of the main troubles of our time is the incessant need for everything to fit in a box at a time when the number of boxes is increasing exponentially. We get lost in the discussion of category and never get to discussion of solutions when ultimately category is unimportant.The concept isn't new to me although the word is - I suppose we do things intuitively / instinctively without hanging a label on everything
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