“Monologue” is a captivating exploration of the interplay between nature, human presence, and the passage of time in the Catskill Mountains region. The project began in 2020 when the pandemic led my family and me to reside in a cottage in the woods. It was the first time we found ourselves surrounded by so many trees for such an extended period. The daily observation of changes in the forest and a logger’s inquiry to log our land made me aware of our profound impact on the life cycle of the environment. I realized that the seemingly longstanding forest surrounding us was, in fact, in its infancy. The trees in the region were exhausted in the 1930s by two hundred years of relentless logging. The trace of the indigenous Lenape people has been reduced to only the names of places and backroads. People living here like to claim absolute independence, liberty, and the total right to the land. Indeed, this statement is a mixture of longing, perception, and denial. Nevertheless, it is not an overstatement that it is a rare part of the world where we have such intimate relationship to the nature, and the nature is nearly the only companion for many people.  “Monologue” is a visual experience that interlocks all these believes and is a reflection of the reality and the constructed world.