From the Artist: My artist’s book, Ten Paces, pays homage to the words and wisdom of Wendell Berry, and is a personal celebration of the beauty of the wild places in which I was privileged to hike in 2020. Making the book was an act of hope that, despite all the loss, pain, and fear the world has been enduring, we may still find joy in our journey on Earth, however far or near we walk. I walked a lot in 2020. In part because I had a long-planned wilderness trek planned in Wyoming with a friend at the beginning of September which thankfully did not need to be cancelled. But walking is also my go-to remedy for all kinds of angst, and as many other people did during lock-down days, I spent more time than usual wandering in local communities and preserves, finding more beauty there than ever before. Because I needed to. The book features footprints that are cut by hand, and is constructed with mixed Japanese mulberry papers. It includes eleven panorama photos in order of proximity to home, starting farther away and ending here in Westchester at the Betsy Sluder Nature Preserve in Armonk. Because there’s no place like home.