Richard Young, Solitude in the landscape (LANDSCAPE 2025)

The solitude of this landscape is visually enhanced by the snow—refining nature down to a few simple bare elements. Lines intersecting lines, a tree with no base to root it, a horizon with no line to break it, tones of white on white, contrasted by the white of the sky. Presented in duality to show the challenge of finding solitude within—even when we are alone, nature still must compete with temptations of technology and unrelated thoughts of today’s life. We must turn off to find some quiet in our lives and try to reconnect. Hokkaido, Japan

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