Ryoanji, the temple of the Peaceful Dragon, houses one of Japan’s most renowned Zen gardens. The garden contains fifteen stones but it’s impossible to see them all at once because of their layout. It’s a way of accepting that achieving perfection isn’t humanly possible.

Visitors can only observe from a distance as they are forbidden to walk among the stones; we can look but only touch using our thoughts. This idea of denial makes things more captivating.

In this ongoing project the viewer is invited to imagine moving through the garden. The rocks represent silence and inner strength; havens for peace in a noisy world.