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The Sacred
To be at the core of existence—
Perhaps it is a lifelong quest of something that cannot be found, only experienced.
Maybe my foremost reason for travelling to Japan in 1991 was Zen Buddhism. Somehow, I imagined Japan as a giant sanctuary devoted to finding enlightenment.
Of course, what I found was far from what I imagined. Nevertheless, my journey took me to innumerable manifestations of the sacred. The discovery of unexpected sanctuaries big and small inspired this series.