Walking has always been an integral part of my creative process. During this pandemic winter, my walking practice became a refuge from loss—the loss of over 500,000 American lives from Covid-19, the loss of social norms, the loss of physical connections to family and friends, and the loss of my day job in January 2021. 
 
My daily winter walks took me to places I know well and frequent often. My familiarity with these places allowed for deeper observation. As I walked, I discovered artifacts of passing time in the snow and ice. These artifacts were photographed undisturbed as I found them, with snow and ice acting as a natural backdrop. 
 
Inspired by the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi, the Everything Passes series is a meditation on loss and impermanence. It is a recognition that both life and art are beautiful not because they are perfect and eternal, but because they are imperfect and fleeting.
 
Each image in the series is part of a grid of nine and printed with archival pigments on traditional Japanese Kozo Unryu paper. The long course fibers of the paper add an ethereal dimension to each print.