"For the majority of my hike, tall trees filled my vision, an unfamiliar quiet sat in my ears, and smells of dust and leaves and cool shadows surrounded me, but I continued through the environment with aching limbs, a heavy pack, an overwhelmed head, and a hurried pace. Surely my own agenda changed my perception of my surroundings; I had not entered nature to have a relationship with the space, but only to leave it again."

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This book, in its design and in the essay it contains, considers the extent to which an individual feels present in an environment, as determined by their sense of control. 

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Created using watercolor, then printed digitally and hand-cut.