Nijinomatsubara is a site where nature and memory mingle in gusts of sand, tidal surges, and salt-laden wind. It is a social and natural history project constructed of photographs, panoramas, and postcards that try to tame or freeze the force of air-borne pine pollen.
In Nepal, sacred fossil ammonites are called shaligram.
In Hindu and Buddhist ritual practice, shaligrams
are divine beings, and intimate kin with families and
worshippers. Geologically, shaligram ammonites are
fossilized forms of prehistoric mollusks that lived in
the shallows of the Tethys Sea between 400 million
and 65 million years ago, where the Himalayas stand
today. Finding sea fossils in the high Himalaya reveals
the geological story of plate tectonics and continental
drift. Spirituality and geology find different
approaches to sacred meaning, between
humankind, climatic forces, and topographic
evolution.