Alon Cohen

under the sea @beuchat_diving @polosub @drorschnaidman

teaser for __ ‘Arriving Nowhere (now, here)’ __ an experimental short film on deep presence, intuitive movement and the nature of Impermanence echoing the Tandava, Shiva’s cosmic dance of creation & dissolution, the film follows a natural unraveling of the need to know, to name, to arrive anywhere. . . until what remains is a rewilding of the spirit produced, directed & filmed by @wu_wei_studio across ancient landscapes in West Bengal and Karnataka, India with @muselifemodeling

I met her in the flower field

blurry mornings at the flower field, Ein Hod

@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)

Tiger's Nest Monastery, Bhutan Thank you @bhutan_innovation_forum for bringing us here 🐉

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

feeling contemplative this weekend so a few Gorilla b&w’s from the land of a thousand hills seemed just right @visitrwanda_now @rdbrwanda @oorwanda

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

the silk worms are gathered from the forest, nurtured in shaded cabins and their cocoons extracted peacefully by the local community only to keep the cycle going I find this similar to how the artisans behind these slow-fashion garments pass traditional knowledge generation after generation… made with much love @rilast_erisilk_weaving_khweng @nesfas if you’re curious about the communities in Meghalaya (north east India) or looking to expand on ancestral knowledge, I highly recommend a visit to Khweng village

the fields told of nothing and the market said it all

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…