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Stillness is my newsletter and journal with essays on art and slowing down, on landscape photography and wilderness travel. The intention is to give you pause, spark your imagination and reflect on seeing life in all its beautiful complexity.
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FEATURED GALLERY - “sierra sabbatical”
In the summer of 2026 I wandered into the Bear Lakes Basin of the High Sierra Mountains. A remote, trackless basin deep in the John Muir Wilderness. I spent 10 days alone carrying my Hasselblad, 2 lenses, 30 rolls of film, a down blanket, and no connected electronics. My aim was to photographically explore a single Sierra location for a length of time. To explore the themes that draw me deeply to these mountains; wilderness, open wandering, art, disconnection, and rich solitude.
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“I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out until sundown, for going out I found, was really going in.”
Scientific Name: Eschscholzia californica
Fun Fact: They close up at night and in heavy wind. Plants that tuck themselves in for bedtime exhibit a natural behavior known as nyctinasty. Scientists know the mechanism behind the phenomenon: in cool air and darkness, the bottom-most petals of certain flowers grow at a faster rate than the upper-most petals, forcing the flowers shut.
The Print: Printed on heavy weight matte paper