Medititation - Classifications
I have gone through the book a while ago. I did have a good sense of the topic beforehand. Sometimes I feel what you are asking is overwhelming because flashes comes to me naturally, or at least this is what I think! I also have looked through the galleries and I wonder how can we make sure that it is a flash of perception. I mean I can just take any photo and submitted as a contemplative photograph? I got lost with classifications, sometimes a photo has colors, lights and shadows and textures for instance. I go to spaces gallery, I see colors and shadows besides spaces what is he bottom line for classifications?
These are good questions. Yes, flashes of perception come naturally, but we often overlook them. The practice helps us recognize the natural process so that we can learn to bring out our inate capabilities instead of cover them over.
The criteria for classifying images is internal, not objective. The point of the assignments is to provoke flashes of perception connected with the intention of a particular assignment. If the intention is color, that should spark certain perceptions and the images should reflect that.
You should be able to identify what triggered a particular flash through the visual discernment. That's the basis for the classification.
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The Book
“This is not your usual ‘how to be a better photographer’ book. It takes you into deeper water. It requires investigation and commitment to areas new to you. Among other things, you will think about perception in new ways. If you read this book with care, and without skepticism, it will radically expand your thinking, seeing, and photography.”
—Jay Maisel, photographer
and author of Light on America