Richard Young, Finding silence (LANDSCAPE 2025)

I arrive on top of the hill with the solitary white birch. Even though it is isolated, another tree has come into my field of view to the right; a small rowan asking for attention, shouting loudly for its size with its bright red berries breaking the silence of this landscape where only shades of white belong. I notice some little twigs—probably the top of a buried tree—breaking the snow, a distraction that also breaks the silence. Just as in our busy minds there is always something to distract us from being in the moment, I considered these three elements—birch, rowan, and the twig tree—their placement within the landscape. Hokkaido, Japan

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