short clip from ‘Arriving Nowhere’, exploring intuitive movement as a way the body remembers its place within the land’s ever unfolding cycles.
filmed in Karnataka, India with @muselifemodeling@wu_wei_studio
@chilula_jewelry@maykogel
“In the ocean of myself,
waves rise and fall,
but I am not shaken.
I am the infinite deep
in which all things appear to rise.
I am not in the world,
the world is not in me.
I am pure, I am unbounded.”
- Ashtavakra Gita (7.1-7.4)
the chief poured rice beer and told me he once shapeshifted into a tiger.
a year ago, I returned to the rainiest place on earth for the second time… Meghalaya, North East India
not as a visitor this time but as someone who had been invited back by a deep curiosity to document ancestral wisdom together with writer & chef @shahar_plautt
what was coordinated as a 10 day exploration ended up with me staying for over a month, moving slowly between forest villages, listening more than documenting
foraging for mushrooms and edible plants, witnessing the art of ahimsa (peaceful) silk weaving, drinking rice beer and eating smoked cow skin (tastes like doritos) with a village chief that tells me of shapeshifting into tigers and deers
spending time with those still living in close rhythm with and reverence for the land was transformative
this place holds a memory of how humans once lived elsewhere. with the earth, not against it
and the amazing @nesfas are doing a great job preserving those ways
hoping you’ll get to feel something too with some of these frames from the journey to Meghalaya. more soon…
right as the New Year fireworks and noise pushed me to the edge of sensory overwhelm, anxiety and confusion, I lifted my camera and photographed what my mind felt like inside
instead of resisting the chaotic, even scary overload, the camera became the place where I could watch it unfold: long exposures turning turbulence into movement, blur becoming honesty, fire becoming a line drawn by my nervous system
this series ‘Inner Circus’ grew from that threshold moment… not an attempt to control the mind, but a way to witness its strange, uncontrollable beauty
almost a year later, while organizing my archive, I came across these frames that seemed like were already speaking to each other, revealing patterns in how my mind moves in ambiguity
paradise circus, north Thailand
initial work begins on the land in caribbean Costa Rica, I’m thinking of setting up here a sort of art/music residence x research lab (blue crabs, monkeys, sloths around..) so I’m taking the slow approach of learning the land, harvesting bamboo for tiny house and planting spices/medicinals
I watched as Ori moved like the seasons
thawing from the inside out
blue stillness gave way to breath
black and white, inhale and exhale
a moment suspended in between
and then warmth
not the kind you chase
but the kind that returns
when you stop forcing
@oricohenyoga 🪷
#iyengaryoga #iyengaryogateacher
when captain @donde_trock and I were 15 years old we made a promise to ourselves that we will one day cross the Atlantic Ocean, and we both take dreams quiet seriously… shot in Cape Verde (west Africa), Atlantic Ocean and British Virgin Islands (Caribbean) on @zula_expeditions
it’s dusk on Lake Kivu. all around, fishing boats slip into the water and the air fills with “ibyivugo”. whistles, along with ancient songs & poems are chanted for praise and unity by the fishermen, to pass through the night with ease
up on the hills beside the lake, the rhythm continues as Arabica coffee, shaded by banana trees, grows slowly in the rich volcanic soil
thank you @visitrwanda_now@rdbrwanda for this trip to witness inspirational & community-based tourism in your beautiful country
