Stood on a cliff overlooking Muir Woods, a rather famous forest that, at the time, was hiding in dense coastal fog. Nothing could be heard but the wind, clicking shutters, and a tall trotting stranger. Mt. Tamalpais, California 2010. Cole Rise has spent the better half of his life behind the lens; stalking cows and lying in the grass to capture the landscape. He can't tell you how big the universe is, or why we're really here, but his work sometimes flirts with the idea of knowing.