I no longer remember exactly when I took this photograph. According to the date recorded in the file, it was May 4, 2026. At that time, I had just resigned from my previous job and was taking a short period of personal rest while looking for new work. Life still felt tense. I was in a situation where I had to work simply to survive. Each day carried a sense of obligation. In the remaining hours, I would get in the car and drive without any particular destination. Moving through the landscape without purpose became a small opening for breath. If I encountered a scene that matched the state I was in, I wanted to photograph it. The Mountain I Met on an Aimless Drive While driving without knowing where I was going, I came upon a mountain in a place I could not name. It was not a particularly high or famous mountain. It was simply a mountain that had remained there for a long time. The wind was slowly moving the clouds, and through the gaps in those clouds, light filtered down and ...