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Stop by the Zen Temple to see Walking Sky and for mediation on Sundays from 10:00-11:30 a.m.!

In the weeks leading up to winter, after morning meditation practice at the temple, I took a mindful walk every day along the same route for 30 days. While I walked, I attempted to notice as many details as possible. At the mid-point of the route, I took a photograph of the sky. When I got home, I wrote down everything I remembered from the walk – colors and shapes of leaves, people I encountered, my fantasies and sounds of the neighborhood. Gradually I assembled a collection of photographs and writings as raw materials for art-making. Later I selected the photographs and, with the help of a poet, edited the writings.
The text gives voice to my internal monologue, and describes the landscape that exists under the sky that is shown in the photographs. The specific details of the audio are less important than the fact that they exist. Walking Sky is a reflection of the simultaneous, parallel paths of the body and mind. This exhibition excludes my monologue, which creates space for the viewer to listen to his own internal monologue.
We have access to the sky anytime, but we are usually wrapped up in our own thoughts or unquestioned routines. Walking Sky offers the possibility of rupturing routine thought patterns to be enchanted with what we see every day.