Pondering Eternity (Study 9)
The work imagines trees as quiet witnesses, standing through generations, watching human urgency repeat itself. Rather than offering answers, the piece holds space for slowness, cycles, and continuity.
The pacing is intentional. Long dissolves allow images to coexist, echoing the way seasons overlap rather than replace one another. Nothing arrives abruptly. Nothing fully leaves.
This is not a call to stop living or striving. It is a reminder that meaning is not always found by chasing it. Sometimes it is already present, carved slowly beneath the surface.
The trees do not hurry.
They do not argue.
They remain.
Video direction & editing: John Gerstner
Music: “What The Trees Are Saying”
Written by John Gerstner
Created with Suno AI
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What the Trees Are Saying
Mornings arrive without asking Light slips in through the cracks The world wakes up already running Chasing something it already had The rain falls soft on the pavement Doesn’t need a reason or name Night comes in like a deep breath Letting go of the day We’ve been standing here longer Than your worry, than your doubt Watching every generation Try to figure it out Slow down You’re already home Listen close You’re not alone What we’ve been saying since the beginning Is carved in circles beneath the bark You move fast, chasing meaning Counting moments as they pass We stay rooted in the silence Where nothing ever really lasts They call us proud, unbending But we never turned away We just learned the art of standing While the world kept losing its way Slow down You’re already home Let it go You’re not alone What we’ve been saying since the beginning Is carved in circles beneath the bark No clocks here No finish lines Just seasons teaching time How to be kind Slow down You’re already home