(Online) Ways of Seeing and The Way of Nature: Contemplative Photography, Haiku and Deep Ecology
with John McQuade
July 10 - August 19, 2021
This workshop is fully booked. Due to its popularity, it filled up quickly. Please add your name to the waiting list and we will contact you when we are able to reschedule John for another series.
Old Pond –
a frog jumps in
the sound of water-Basho
When eye, heart and world are in the same place, at the same time, your experience is direct and your art expressions are spontaneous and vivid.
This program engages the contemplative arts of Nalanda Miksang photography and haiku. Haiku is a short contemplative poetic form that contains references to Nature. Nalanda Miksang photography is based on the Dharma Art teachings of Chogyam Trungpa.
Both arts are experience based – working from direct perception to direct expression. In the Eastern traditions, such contemplative arts are call “ways:” ways of being with the Way of Nature as a way of engaging a basic harmony. These contemplative arts, besides making brilliant photographic and written images, connect us with the deep ecology of finding our place with this Earth.
Who Should Attend
There are no pre-requisites for this program. Basic instruction in photography and haiku will be provided.
If you are a photographer, connecting with a strong “first perception” will enhance the art impact of the final image. If you are a writer direct perception will connect you with the energy of inspiration. If you engage in meditation, connecting with direct perception will bring insight into your post-meditation experience.
Enrolment is limited to 15 in each group.
What to Expect
Weekend or Weekday Class meetings
We are offering two cohorts, one meeting on Saturdays and Sundays, and one meeting on Mondays and Thursdays for five weeks. Teaching and assignments will be given in the Saturday and Monday class meetings. Assignment reviews will take place in the Sunday and Thursday class meetings each week. Please be sure to indicate the cohort you prefer when you register.
Weekend Cohort:
Saturday/Sunday: July 10/11, 17/18, 24/25, August 7/8, 14/15
Time: 2:00-4:00 pm ADT | 1:00-3:00 pm EDT
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Weekday Cohort:
This group has reached registration capacity. If you would like to be put on a waiting list please email[email protected]
Monday/Thursday: July 12/15, 19/22, 26/29, August 9/12, 16/19
Time: 7:30-9:30 pm ADT | 6:30-8:30 EDT
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Cost
Tuition: CA$149
References
Miksang Website: www.miksang.org
John McQuade’s Website: www.dralaimage.com
Contact John: [email protected]
Books: Looking and Seeing, and Heart of Photography are available through Amazon in print and kindle formats.
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Leader
John McQuade is the founder of Nalanda Miksang Photography, and has established Nalanda Miksang teachers in North America, Europe and Australia. He is also co-author of two books in his field: Looking and Seeing, and Heart of Photography. He is currently on the faculty of the Halliburton School of Art and Design and is completing a PhD on the classic photographer, Edward Weston. John is also a practising Buddhist, having studied with Chogyam Trungpa from 1979 until Rinpoche’s death in 1987. Besides being an accomplished meditation master, Trungpa Rinpoche was also an artist, a poet and a photographer. Nalanda Miksang contemplative photography is based on the…
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