Our environments must be stewarded to effectively create a healthy, flourishing ground for community. This photo essay showcases the moments where rest is the foundation for winter’s ecosystem. The art of belonging requires a surrender to stillness, and observation. It is from this place, that the rest of birds after a long migration can be seen—or the beauty after a night’s snowfall which brings patterns together. Through truly seeing the interactions in our ecosystems, belonging can be formed by bridging together migration and the abundance of life.





