First Friday Photography Exhibit
October 01, 2007
Throughout
the month of October, the Shambhala Meditation Center
of San Antonio presents A Good Eye on Southtown – an
exhibit of Miksang photography – in support of their
commitment to the Dharma Art teachings of the late
meditation master and scholar Chögyam Trungpa, the
founder of Shambhala.
The exhibit opens on First Friday, October 5, with a wine-and-cheese reception from 7-9pm at the Shambhala Meditation Center, located at 1114 S. St. Mary’s in Southtown.
Miksang is a Tibetan word that means "Good Eye". It is also the name of a school of contemplative photography based on the discipline of meditation. As Miksang instructor Maxine Sidran, of Toronto, Canada, explains, “In general, meditation refers to the state of being awake: the realization of unselfconscious awareness which allows us to connect with the full reality of our being. Meditation also refers to practices of synchronizing mind and body which enable us to cultivate that state of being.
“In contemplative photography we work with the synchronization of eye and mind. When eye and mind are in the same place, the moment by moment vividness of the visual world manifests spontaneously as a flash of perception - the ordinary magic of the phenomenal world.”
The images on display in A Good Eye on Southtown were taken by students in the Miksang Level One class taught by Sidran at the Shambhala Meditation Center of San Antonio last month. Miksang Level One training attempts to purify the visual perception by asking the artist to work directly with the elements or forms of the visual field: color, light and form (texture, lines and patterns). The resulting images are printed just as they are shot – there is no cropping, filtration or digital manipulation of any kind.
The images on exhibit were shot in Southtown, using basic Miksang principles, and they represent a meditative attention to the beauty of the neighborhood. All proceeds from the sale of these images will benefit the Shambhala Meditation Center.
For more info contact Laurie Dietrich at (210) 288-6927 or laurie.dietrich@gmail.com
The exhibit opens on First Friday, October 5, with a wine-and-cheese reception from 7-9pm at the Shambhala Meditation Center, located at 1114 S. St. Mary’s in Southtown.
Miksang is a Tibetan word that means "Good Eye". It is also the name of a school of contemplative photography based on the discipline of meditation. As Miksang instructor Maxine Sidran, of Toronto, Canada, explains, “In general, meditation refers to the state of being awake: the realization of unselfconscious awareness which allows us to connect with the full reality of our being. Meditation also refers to practices of synchronizing mind and body which enable us to cultivate that state of being.
“In contemplative photography we work with the synchronization of eye and mind. When eye and mind are in the same place, the moment by moment vividness of the visual world manifests spontaneously as a flash of perception - the ordinary magic of the phenomenal world.”
The images on display in A Good Eye on Southtown were taken by students in the Miksang Level One class taught by Sidran at the Shambhala Meditation Center of San Antonio last month. Miksang Level One training attempts to purify the visual perception by asking the artist to work directly with the elements or forms of the visual field: color, light and form (texture, lines and patterns). The resulting images are printed just as they are shot – there is no cropping, filtration or digital manipulation of any kind.
The images on exhibit were shot in Southtown, using basic Miksang principles, and they represent a meditative attention to the beauty of the neighborhood. All proceeds from the sale of these images will benefit the Shambhala Meditation Center.
For more info contact Laurie Dietrich at (210) 288-6927 or laurie.dietrich@gmail.com
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