Contemplative Photography – Miksang and other photography

Miksang is a form of contemplative photography based on visual perception of the everyday world as it truly is, rather than as we imagine it to be. Instead of seeing ‘objects’ we see colour, texture and pattern, light and shadow, form and space. The essential nature of simple, ordinary things is revealed, appreciated and expressed. Learn more about Miksang.

Our Miksang Galleries

Jenny’s Miksang Gallery 2021-2022
Jenny’s Miksang Gallery 2019-2020
Jenny’s Miksang Gallery 2017-2018

Richard’s Miksang Gallery 2021-2022
Richard’s Miksang Gallery 2019-2020
Richard’s Miksang Gallery 2017-2018
(The most recent photos are shown first.)

Galleries from the Miksang Training Courses

We have attended a number of Miksang courses in the Netherlands and Spain run by Hèlen Vink. The courses provide training in Miksang, proceeding through the five standard levels established by Michael Wood, Hèlen’s teacher and one of the founders of Miksang as a dharma art. Each level has a number of assignments within it, and the galleries contain the photos from these training assignments. Some photos do not conform to the assignment but we have included them.

Jenny’s Miksang 1 Gallery – Colour, Pattern, Texture, Light
Jenny’s Miksang 2 Gallery – Fields of Perception – Is-ness
Jenny’s Miksang 3 Gallery – Moments and Visual Haiku
Jenny’s Miksang 4 Gallery – Simplicity, Space and Moments in Space
Jenny’s Miksang Intensive Gallery – Heaven, Earth, Man & Magic – Spain
Jenny’s Miksang Intensive Gallery – Heaven, Earth, Man & Magic – Morocco
Jenny’s Miksang Masterclass Gallery – Essential Instructions
Jenny’s Miksang 5 Gallery – Infinite Unfolding – Zandvoort
Jenny’s Miksang 5 Gallery – Infinite Unfolding – Amsterdam

We hope that this website will interest you and perhaps inspire you to learn more about Miksang. We will update it as we continue with the training and beyond.

Richard and Jenny Beal