The Library gathers the written works of Lucas Varro — journals of the temples, meditations on myth, and volumes of shadow and silence. Here words stand beside images as offerings: essays, retellings, and field notes from Angkor and beyond.
Within these shelves you will find many rooms — journals of Angkor, mythic retellings, meditations on apsaras, and essays on the meaning of sacred stone. Wander chronologically, or enter by theme.
Breathing in Stone, Holding the Gaze
A luminous meditation on presence and gaze—where two carved faces greet the dawn, and the artist, through hand-toned silver, invites us to meet them in silence. The print becomes a breath held in bamboo paper… waiting.
Between Breath and Stone
Light unveils the temple’s two faces—one recalling, one dissolving. The artist stands between them, not to capture, but to receive. A breath held in stone becomes the haiku we almost forgot to remember…
Listening Between Stone and Dawn
The face towers of Bayon lean toward each other in morning hush. One shadowed, one alight. The artist listens—and in that listening, a poem rises, shaped by silence and the slow rhythm of breath becoming image…
The Moment Between Faces
Two ancient faces meet in a silence beyond vision. Between them, the artist finds not a subject—but an offering. A haiku forms like a breath taken through stone, and the morning begins without a sound…
