Join John Barclay and Flint Sparks on the magic island of Molokai for a 8-day retreat as they teach both the technique and the practice of contemplative photography.
Seeing Deeply is a learned discipline and takes practice. Our intent is to encourage you to enter the embodied practices of mindful photography throughout the week during which we will learn to deepen our capacity for intimacy with our subjects, with our equipment and technique, and with each other. Seeing Deeply is an invitation to show up more fully in each moment, to be captured by the beauty of the world, and to become more skillful in the art of photography. We might be so bold as to say that this is an invitation to photography as spiritual practice.
We will photograph the highest sea cliffs in the world, wander through rain forests, swim in the warm waters of secluded beaches, meet both sunrises and sunsets, all as ways to be silent, still and blessed. We will explore the real reasons why we photograph and discover new ways to see more fully and to live more vibrantly. We will live together for the week as a family of photographers opening our hearts and minds to both images and insights.
If you are looking for something beyond a conventional photography workshop and want to engage in practices which will open your heart to the world in new and creative ways, this is an opportunity designed for you. At one level you will be offered mindfulness practices which will undoubtedly enrich your love of photography, but you will also be invited to enter a path of contemplative practices which will deepen your connection with yourself, your intimacy with others, and an embodied immediacy of the natural world through photography. This is a contemplative retreat in which you bring along a camera, not solely a photography workshop in which you learn new techniques. Your photography might very well improve as a result, but your capacity for loving presence will expand you heart and your vision, and this will show in your photographs.
You need not be an advanced or particularly experienced photographer to engage in this kind of retreat. We always enjoy a wide range of participant experience, from the seasoned photographer to the beginner with an iPhone. What is more important is that you bring awholehearted willingness to engage body, heart, and mind in the process. They representthe essential “equipment” of the retreat. A camera literally becomes an exquisite lens through which your personal and spiritual transformations are discovered and expressed. Please join us.
We have a dedicated webpage just for this offering that will answer all of your questions and provide lots of detail. You will still use this page for your registration and payments.
Cancellation Policy: Things happen. In those situations, the following applies.
All cancellations are subject to a $250 service charge. In addition, if you cancel and your spot is otherwise filled, you will be refunded the full amount you have paid (minus the $250 service charge) unless the deposit is listed as a non-refundable.
However if you cancel and your spot is not filled, the following fee schedule applies:
All lodging is included
All meals are provided and included
All transportation on island is included
Gratuity for the staff.
We provide wine to start and then a kitty is in place for future wine runs.
