Unspoken Cinema

Saturday, June 23, 2018

Miksang and Contemplative Photography

@ 6/23/2018 11:55:00 AM By BenoitRouilly

Quiet Mind - Introduction to Miksang and Contemplative Photography

Co-production Canada-Singapore. 2003. (11')

"Miksang is a Tibetan word meaning "good eye." It represents a form of contemplative photography based on the Dharma Art teachings of Chögyam Trungpa, in which the eye is in synchronisation with the contemplative mind. The result of this particular perception of the world, combined with photography, produces a peculiar and open way of seeing the world. Miksang pictures tend to bring the observer back into the original contemplation state of the author of the picture. The pictures can bring one back to a purer perception of reality that is often neglected. Miksang involves nothing fancy, no special setup; only a visual capture, in the proper state of mind, of everyday's reality" (Wikipedia)

Résultat de recherche d'images pour "Miksang"

(Photo by Julie DuBose)

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Résultat de recherche d'images pour "Miksang photography"

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Miksang.com (Julie DuBose)
Contemplative Photography - Miksang (Michael Wood) 11' video interview
"What is Miksang, really?
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Sunday, June 03, 2018

Rethinking Transcendental Style in Film | Paul Schrader

@ 6/03/2018 01:49:00 PM By BenoitRouilly

Fuller Studio : 26 April 2018

Paul Schrader : "Tarkovsky's films mark a deviding point in the history of Durational Cinema. Before Tarkovsky, the use of withholding and distancing devices which Deleuze calls "Time Image", took place in the context of commercial theatrical cinema. Transcendental Style falls into this category.
After Tarkovsky the use of these devices became increasingly exagerated, and their films fell into the domain of film festivals and art museums. The 3 sec Bresson's shot of a door became a 10 min static view of traffic. Transcendental Style had morphed into the hydra-headed monster we call "Slow Cinema". Without going into length, I'd just say that Slow Cinema refers to films of considerable length where very little happens. [...] This is why I say it's outside the perview of commercial cinema. Cinema in my opinion is inherantly narrative."

Paul Schrader : "To me when movies move away from their narrative nucleus, they vector in one of three directions. And all three are dead endpoints. One is the Surveillance Camera, another is the Art Gallery and the third is the Mandala."