Presence Beyond Time

Ta Reach, Vishnu of the western gopura, emerges not as ruin but as radiant axis—rooted in Khmer memory and stillness.  In this lyrical meditation, the artist offers presence as process, stone as soul, and light as devotional return…

Before the sky shifts, the artist enters Angkor’s western gopura in silence.  Through incense, shadow, and unspoken breath, Ta Reach reveals not movement, but presence.  One paragraph, one haiku—this haibun offers a breath-length glimpse into stillness before time resumes its weight…

Before the shutter falls, the artist listens to stone and silence until presence becomes breath.  This luminous pairing of field note and poem reveals how stillness presses inward and a god remembers through sequined dusk and vow-bound light…

Pilgrims breathe in borrowed dawn, incense curls toward hidden rafters, and Ta Reach—eight-armed guardian of Angkor—emerges from shadow. The artist listens until silence answers, then releases a single haiku like a petal upon stone-dark water…