A Tree to Sit Under and Where the Waves Go

Artist’s Statement: Even though I do not have an actual camera to capture the beauties of the world, my phone does the job. Along with my many other pictures, I enjoy looking through these photos and putting myself back into where the picture was taken. I turn to photography when nature simultaneously amazes and scares me. The moment feels as if it will fade away, but the undesirable impermanence is exactly what drives me to capture it—to make part of it permanent, so I’m reminded to put myself back in that moment and see again.