Travel
Sometimes, it’s about capturing the iconic landscapes and vibrant city streets. But what I love most are the smaller details - the ones you only notice when you slow down and truly take in your surroundings. Pause for a moment. Notice the natural light. Is it softer, warmer, or sharper than what you’re accustomed to? Take in the colors. Are they muted or more vivid than other places you’ve been? Look beyond the obvious - the texture of the streets beneath your feet, the reflections in a shop window, the sway of treetops overhead. What sounds fill the air? What scents drift past, leading you to their source - a patisserie, perhaps? You find a café, settle in with a local treat, and watch life unfold around you. Locals, tourists, students, elders, stray dogs and curious cats, each weaving their own story into the fabric of this place. In these moments, you see both the contrasts and the common threads that connect us all. Wherever we go we seek beauty, belonging, and love.
Icons
Rarely does a single space embody the history, culture, and spirit of a community as profoundly as a church. Whether a towering cathedral anchoring a bustling city or a humble chapel perched on a rural hillside, these sacred places serve as silent stewards of tradition. After years of visiting both the renowned and the hidden, I’ve found that one thing unites them all - quiet reverence.
There’s a certain serenity in wandering these spaces, where architecture meets artistry in breathtaking form. I’m especially drawn to their relationship with light - the way the sun moves like a celestial spotlight, illuminating treasures within, or how stained glass scatters colors like prisms on any surface within reach. More than places of worship, churches hold the stories of the communities they serve, becoming living testaments to faith, artistry, culture, and time.
Ma 間
The ancient Japanese concept of the importance of negative space.
Spacial emptiness. A pause in time. A moment of zen, silence, solitude. Intention.
Without Ma meaningfulness would be lost.
"Form is emptiness and emptiness is form and we're here forever in one form or another which is empty."
- Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
The Bicycle - A Study
"When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking".
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
