BACKGROUND
From 2015 to 2017, I lived at Zen Mountain Monastery in upstate New York. I initially went with many deeply held questions, and to explore my self in the stillness and rigor of the monastery’s regimented life. The following photos depict those on their own journeys, as well as the wildness of life on the mountain. Through practice there, one begins to merge with the place, the rhythms and quiet harmonies of life. We influence each other, it seems, in intricate and subtle ways that emerge across months, years, or even a lifetime.
