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# patrick shen

director

## Sitemaps

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## Posts

- [IPOS Returns to MUBI](http://www.patrickshen.com/2026/07/25/ipos-returns-to-mubi/) - 10 years ago In Pursuit of Silence premiered in 30+ theaters across the U.S., before expanding to over 100 theaters around the world. More importantly, making that film put me in touch with something I'm not able to name even now. It was one of the most formative journeys of my life. So grateful that Mubi has
- [[Music video] sojourn by lara somogyi](http://www.patrickshen.com/2026/05/10/music-video-sojourn/) - It was such an honor to direct the music video my friend Lara Somogyi's lovely new single “sojourn” out now via Mercury KX / Decca Records US. It's the first single off her forthcoming album a [time] patterned.
- [[New Film] Merlin's Isle](http://www.patrickshen.com/2026/01/16/new-film-merlins-isle/) - Last year I found myself chasing an unexpected story across England.
- [[New film] Between Prophecy and Memory](http://www.patrickshen.com/2025/08/21/new-film-between-prophecy-and-memory/) - I retreated to a cabin perched above an untouched valley and made some moving pictures. I approached each frame as a painter might, attempting to create images that hadn't existed in my mind before, that didn't serve as a stand-in for another reality (i.e. a shot of a tree is not a real tree), but
- [[Premiere] The Picture Taking Experiment](http://www.patrickshen.com/2022/04/02/premiere-the-picture-taking-experiment/) - In 1965, the first images of Mars were sent to Earth as a series of numbers that indicated the brightness of a single pixel. It was supposed to take more than 8 hours to receive all the pixels needed for a complete image. But one tape recorder engineer on the Mariner IV mission figured out
- [Sundance Collab](http://www.patrickshen.com/2023/03/01/sundance-collab/) - I'm not sure what I'll talk about for 8 whole weeks but here goes nothing. Judging by my headshot (taken by the one and only @alex_kozobolis) it's going to be intense. If u happened to sign up for this, drop me a note.
- [Gotham Week](http://www.patrickshen.com/2022/09/14/gotham-week/) - Hey NYC: I'll be at Gotham Week in NYC representing my new film Film1/ASAP: As Slow As Possible. More info here.
- [[Upcoming Screenings]](http://www.patrickshen.com/2022/01/11/upcoming-screenings/) - More info about Norient Film Festival More info about Tricycle Magazine's Buddhist Shorts Film Festival
- [[New Film] The Dawn Chorus](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/21/the-dawn-chorus/) - As a response to these trying times, Brandon Vedder and I assembled a group of 36 filmmakers in 13 countries to capture scenes of the dawn on May 3 as observed from their unique perspective while on lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic . More info at dawnchorusfilm.com
- [[Premiere] "Day of a Stranger" Teaser](http://www.patrickshen.com/2019/04/01/teaser-for-day-of-a-stranger/) - Very excited to be sharing this peek at the new film I'm working on with Cassidy Hall exploring the hermit years of Thomas Merton. More info about the film dayofastranger.com.
- [Festival of Books](http://www.patrickshen.com/2022/04/22/festival-of-books/) - Y'all should come to the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books this year to see Amanda Gorman who will be there promoting her new book. While you're there, on Sunday, April 24, come to Mudd Hall (USC campus) @ 1:30pm for a screening of my film The Picture Taking Experiment.
- [A Film 600 Years in the Making](http://www.patrickshen.com/2022/04/11/2166/) - New teaser & essay about Film1/ASAP, the new film which will hopefully be 600 years in the making.
- [[Premiere] Day of a Stranger](http://www.patrickshen.com/2021/05/03/premiere-day-of-a-stranger/)
- [[Premiere] A Quiet Scene: LA](http://www.patrickshen.com/2021/03/24/a-quiet-scene-la/) - I made a short little thing and got selected to be a part of this public installation featuring music by Roger and Brian Eno. All selections for this project will be displayed through April 18, 2021 on the big LCDs at The Music Center in downtown Los Angeles. Here's my entry:
- [[Premiere] The Dawn Chorus](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/15/premiere-the-dawn-chorus/) - Very excited to share that THE DAWN CHORUS our little lockdown inspired, globally crowdsourced meditation on the first light and sounds of May 3 will premiere online July 16-19 via the fine folks at the premiere environmental film festival in the U.S., DC Environmental Film Festival & will be distributed by The Cinema Guild. From July 16-19, 2020
- [December 31](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/31/december-31/)
- [December 29-30](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/30/december-29-30/)
- [December 27-28](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/28/december-27-28/)
- [December 25-26](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/26/december-25-26/)
- [December 23-24](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/24/december-23-24/)
- [December 21-22](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/22/december-21-22/)
- [December 19-20](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/20/december-19-20/)
- [December 17-18](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/18/december-17-18/)
- [December 15-16](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/16/december-15-16/)
- [December 13-14](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/14/december-13-14/)
- [December 11-12](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/12/december-11-12/)
- [December 9-10](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/10/december-9-10/)
- [December 7-8](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/08/december-7-8/)
- [December 5-6](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/06/december-5-6/)
- [December 3-4](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/04/december-3-4/)
- [December 1-2](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/12/02/december-1-2/)
- [November 29-30](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/30/november-29-30/)
- [November 27-28](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/28/november-27-28/)
- [November 25-26](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/26/november-25-26/)
- [November 23-24](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/24/november-23-24/)
- [November 21-22](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/22/november-21-22/)
- [November 19-20](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/20/november-19-20/)
- [November 17-18](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/18/november-17-18/)
- [November 15-16](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/16/november-15-16/)
- [November 13-14](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/14/november-13-14/)
- [November 11-12](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/12/november-11-12/)
- [November 9-10](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/10/november-9-10/)
- [November 7-8](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/08/november-7-8/)
- [November 5-6](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/06/november-5-6/)
- [November 3-4](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/04/november-3-4/)
- [November 1-2](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/02/november-1-2/)
- [October 30-31](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/31/october-30-31/)
- [October 28-29](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/29/october-28-29/)
- [October 26-27](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/27/october-26-27/)
- [October 24-25](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/25/october-24-25/)
- [October 22-23](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/23/october-22-23/)
- [October 20-21](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/21/october-20-21/)
- [October 18-19](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/19/october-18-19/)
- [October 16-17](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/17/october-16-17/)
- [October 14-15](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/15/october-14-15/)
- [October 12-13](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/13/october-12-13/)
- [October 10-11](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/11/october-10-11/)
- [October 8-9](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/09/october-8-9/)
- [October 6-7](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/07/october-5-6/)
- [October 2-3](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/03/october-1-2/)
- [October 4-5](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/05/october-3-4/)
- [September 30-October 1](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/10/01/september-30-october-1/)
- [September 28-29](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/09/29/september-28-29/)
- [September 26-27](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/09/27/september-26-27/)
- [September 24-25](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/09/25/september-24-25/)
- [September 22-23](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/09/23/september-22-23/)
- [September 20-21](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/09/21/september-20-21/)
- [September 18-19](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/09/19/september-18-19/)
- [September 16-17](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/09/17/september-16-17/)
- [September 14-15](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/09/15/september-14-15/)
- [September 12-13](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/09/13/september-12-13/)
- [September 10-11](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/09/09/september-10-11/)
- [September 8-9](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/09/09/september-8-9/)
- [September 6-7](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/09/07/september-6-7/)
- [September 4-5](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/09/05/september-4-5/)
- [September 2-3](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/09/03/september-2-3/)
- [August 31-September 1](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/09/01/august-31-september-1/)
- [August 29-30](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/08/30/august-29-30/)
- [August 27-28](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/08/28/august-27-28/)
- [August 25-26](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/08/26/august-25-26/)
- [August 23-24](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/08/24/august-23-24/)
- [August 21-22](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/08/22/august-21-22/)
- [August 19-20](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/08/20/august-19-20/)
- [August 17-18](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/08/18/august-17-18/)
- [August 15-16](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/08/16/august-15-16/)
- [August 13-14](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/08/14/august-13-14/)
- [August 11-12](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/08/12/august-11-12/)
- [August 9-10](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/08/10/august-9-10/)
- [August 7-8](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/08/08/august-7-8/)
- [August 5-6](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/08/06/august-5-6/)
- [August 3-4](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/08/04/august-3-4/)
- [August 1-2](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/08/02/august-1-2/)
- [July 30-31](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/31/july-30-31/)
- [July 28-29](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/29/july-28-29/)
- [July 26-27](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/27/july-26-27/)
- [July 24-25](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/25/july-24-25/)
- [July 22-23](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/23/july-22-23/)
- [July 20-21](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/21/july-20-21/)
- [July 18-19](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/19/july-18-19/)
- [July 16-17](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/17/july-16-17/)
- [July 14-15](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/15/july-14-15/)
- [July 12-13](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/13/july-12-13/)
- [July 10-11](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/11/july-10-11/)
- [July 8-9](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/09/july-8-9/)
- [July 6-7](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/07/july-6-7/)
- [July 4-5](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/05/july-4-5/)
- [July 2-3](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/03/july-2-3/)
- [June 30-July 1](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/07/01/june-30-july-1/)
- [June 28-29](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/06/29/june-28-29/)
- [June 26-27](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/06/27/june-26-27/)
- [June 24-25](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/06/25/june-24-25/)
- [June 22-23](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/06/23/june-22-23/)
- [June 20-21](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/06/21/june-20-21/)
- [June 18-19](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/06/19/june-18-19/)
- [June 16-17](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/06/17/june-16-17/)
- [June 14-15](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/06/15/june-14-15/)
- [June 12-13](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/06/13/june-12-13/)
- [June 10-11](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/06/11/june-10-11/)
- [June 8-9](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/06/09/june-8-9/)
- [June 6-7](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/06/07/june-6-7/)
- [June 4-5](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/06/05/june-4-5/)
- [May 31-June 1](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/06/01/may-31-june1/)
- [June 2-3](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/06/03/june-2-3/)
- [May 29-30](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/30/may-29-30/)
- [May 27-28](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/28/may-27-28/)
- [May 25-26](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/26/may-25-26/)
- [May 23-24](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/24/may-23-24/)
- [May 19-20](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/20/may-19-20/)
- [May 21-22](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/22/may-21-22/)
- [May 17-18](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/18/may-17-18/)
- [May 15-16](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/16/may-15-16/)
- [May 13-14](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/14/may-13-14/)
- [May 11-12](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/12/may-11-12/)
- [May 9-10](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/10/may-9-10/)
- [May 7-8](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/08/may-7-8/)
- [May 5-6](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/06/may-5-6/)
- [May 3-4](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/04/may-3-4/)
- [May 1-2](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/05/02/may-1-2/)
- [April 29-30](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/04/30/april-29-30/)
- [April 27-28](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/04/28/april-27-28/)
- [April 25-26](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/04/26/april-25-26/)
- [April 23-24](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/04/24/april-23-24/)
- [April 21-22](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/04/22/april-21-22/)
- [April 19-20](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/04/20/april-19-20/)
- [April 17-18](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/04/18/april-17-18/)
- [April 15-16](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/04/16/april-15-16/)
- [April 13-14](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/04/14/april-13-14/)
- [April 11-12](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/04/12/april-11-12/)
- [April 9-10](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/04/10/april-9-10/)
- [April 7-8](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/04/08/april-7-8/)
- [April 5-6](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/04/06/april-5-6/)
- [April 3-4](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/04/04/april-3-4/)
- [April 1-2](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/04/02/april-1-2/)
- [March 30-31](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/31/march-30-31/)
- [March 28-29](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/29/march-28-29/)
- [March 26-27](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/27/march-26-27/)
- [March 24-25](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/25/march-24-25/)
- [March 22-23](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/23/march-22-23/)
- [March 20-21](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/21/march-20-21/)
- [March 18-19](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/19/march-18-19/)
- [March 16-17](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/17/march-16-17/)
- [March 14-15](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/15/march-14-15/)
- [March 12-13](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/13/march-12-13/)
- [March 10-11](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/11/march-10-11/)
- [March 8-9](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/09/march-8-9/)
- [March 6-7](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/07/march-6-7/)
- [March 2-3](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/03/march-2-3/)
- [March 4-5](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/05/march-4-5/)
- [February 29-March 1](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/01/february-29-march-1/)
- [February 27-28](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/02/28/february-27-28/)
- [February 25-26](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/02/26/february-25-26/)
- [February 23-24](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/02/24/february-23-24/)
- [February 21-22](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/02/22/february-21-22/)
- [February 19-20](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/02/20/february-19-20/)
- [February 17-18](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/02/18/february-17-18/)
- [February 15-16](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/02/16/february-15-16/)
- [February 13-14](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/02/14/february-13-14/)
- [February 11-12](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/02/12/february-11-12/)
- [February 9-10](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/02/10/february-9-10/)
- [February 7-8](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/02/08/february-7-8/)
- [February 5-6](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/02/06/february-5-6/)
- [February 3-4](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/02/04/february-3-4/)
- [February 1-2](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/02/02/february-1-2/)
- [January 30-31](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/31/january-30-31/)
- [January 28-29](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/29/january-28-29/)
- [January 26-27](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/27/january-26-27/)
- [January 24-25](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/25/january-24-25/)
- [January 22-23](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/24/january-22-23/)
- [January 20-21](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/21/january-20-21/)
- [January 18-19](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/19/january-18-19/)
- [January 16-17](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/17/january-16-17/)
- [January 14-15](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/15/january-14-15/)
- [January 12-13](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/13/january-12-13/)
- [January 10-11](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/11/january-10-11/)
- [January 8-9](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/09/january-8-9/)
- [January 6-7](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/07/january-6-7/)
- [January 4-5](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/05/january-4-5/)
- [January 1](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/01/january-1/)
- [January 2-3](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/01/03/january-2/)
- [Covid-19 – Ways to Help & Resources](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/25/covid-19-ways-to-help/) - Kickstarter's Resources for Artists in the Covid-19 Crisis: Emergency grants, freelance resources, legal aid, and more.Spotify Covid-19 Music Relief lets anyone donate to verified organizations offering financial relief to artists and industry professionals. Spotify will match donations dollar-for-dollar (up to $10 million) made to its Spotify COVID-19 Music Relief page.GoFundMe -– List of relief funds
- [[Interview] Encountering Silence](http://www.patrickshen.com/2021/01/14/interview-encountering-silence/) - I was so honored to be invited back to one of my favorite podcasts, Encountering Silence, this time to discuss my latest film The Dawn Chorus, a collaborative film I put together with 34 filmmakers around the globe. In the episode I also share an exclusive link for listeners to view The Dawn Chorus until
- [[Commission] Aquanaut: Transformer Under the Sea](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/03/22/commission-aquanaut-transformer-under-the-sea/) - Another installment of my series of commissions for Altium Stories, Aquanaut: Transformer Under the Sea explores the work of a team of former NASA engineers who are looking to transform the way we do work in the subsea space by creating a transforming subsea robot.Directed + Edited by Patrick ShenCinematography by Patrick ShenAdditional footage by
- [[Commission] Creating the First Gas Stations in Space](http://www.patrickshen.com/2020/11/22/commission-creating-the-first-gas-stations-in-space/) - My commissioned doc series Altium Stories continues with this latest installment featuring the work of Orbit Fab, a group paving the way for humans to colonize space by creating a network of "gas stations" in orbit.Directed + Edited by Patrick ShenCinematography by Brandon Vedder
- [[Commission] Confessions of a Hacker Known as Kingpin](http://www.patrickshen.com/2019/11/01/11-01-19-altium-stories/) - I've been commissioned to produce and direct a documentary series exploring the ways engineering is contributing to the world. Altium, a leader in the field of electronic design software, will release episodes (mine and some produced by their internal production team) online via their YouTube channel every 2-3 weeks over the next year. Here's a
- [[New Photo Book] "Floorgazing"](http://www.patrickshen.com/2019/05/01/floorgazing/) - The ground provides an earthly clue about where we stand in relation to the world around us. It is the stage upon which our lives play out. To celebrate the ground we walk upon is to be still and to cease all activity and judgement. A special collection of moments of pause captured all over
- [[Premiere] "Offline" by Alex Kozobolis](http://www.patrickshen.com/2019/09/03/09-01-19-offline/) - I'm so pleased to be able to share this live session I directed featuring my friend Alex Kozobolis performing his composition Offline from his album Somewhere Else available now from Phases Records.

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- [films](http://www.patrickshen.com/films/) - Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality (2005, 86 mins) The Philosopher Kings (2009, 71 mins) La Source (2012, 70 mins) Hypaethral (2015, 12 mins) In Pursuit of Silence (2016, 81 mins) The Dawn Chorus (2020, 21 mins) Day of a Stranger (2021, 30 mins) How I Pray is Breathe (2021, 65 mins) The Picture
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- [selected press](http://www.patrickshen.com/press/) - “Both the poet and activist in Shen deserves to be heard.” -De Standaard selected praise for in pursuit of silence “Half visual essay, half verbal investigation, “Silence” is thoughtful and informative as well as contemplative and restorative. It both tells you why you perhaps yearn for silence and shows you what it would look like
- [biography](http://www.patrickshen.com/about/) - “Both the poet and activist in Shen deserves to be heard.”-DE STANDAARD
- [Link In Bio](http://www.patrickshen.com/linkinbio/) - Patrick Shen Filmmaker @ Transcendental MediaLos Angeles CA Flight from Death (2006), The Philosopher Kings (2009), La Source (2012), In Pursuit of Silence (2016), The Dawn Chorus (2021), Day of a Stranger (2021), The Picture Taking Experiment (2022), As Slow As Possible, Illuminations etc. Take 5 with Patrick ShenInterview w/Sundance Institute Sign up for my
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- [zen for tv](http://www.patrickshen.com/zenfortv/) - zen for tv: a serial web offering of quiet and stillness exploring life as it lived season one | 26 episodes: "if you're bored with it after 2 minutes, try it for four."season two | "relation is reciprocity."
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- [The Listening Room](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/listen/) - Back to Patrons Portal The Shed | Narrated essay + slide showHelen Lees – Silence is Secular Maverick Concert Hall | Hurley, NY | December 2014Tributary of Teklanika River @ Denali National Park | April 2014Thomas Merton's Hermitage | Abbey of Gethsemani | July 2018Santa Maria delle Grazie | Milan, Italy | February 2017Duomo di
- [Patrick Shen QR](http://www.patrickshen.com/qr/) - Patrick Shen Filmmaker @ Transcendental MediaLos Angeles CA Flight from Death (2006), The Philosopher Kings (2009), La Source (2012), In Pursuit of Silence (2016), The Dawn Chorus (2021), Day of a Stranger (2021), The Picture Taking Experiment (2022), As Slow As Possible etc. hello@patrickshen.comemail patrickshen.commy website transcendentalmedia.comcompany website download v-card
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- [the shed](http://www.patrickshen.com/notes-from-the-shed/) - "You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes to you. This is a place where you can simply experience
- [books + articles + essays](http://www.patrickshen.com/books/) - books Floorgazing (2019)Notes on Silence (2018)Cinematography of In Pursuit of Silence (2016) praise for notes on silence I took this book with me on my annual pilgrimage to the Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota, a million acres of pristine wilderness where the silence runs deep. I’ve been spending a month there at the end of
- [Thomas Merton's Hermitage | July 2018](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/listen/thomas-mertons-hermitage-july-2018/) - Patrons Portal > Listening Room
- [microfilms](http://www.patrickshen.com/microfilms/) - Alone in identity and mood, the soul emerges (from meditation), and all statements, churches, sermons, melt away like vapors. Alone in silent thought and awe, and aspiration, and then the interior consciousness, like a hitherto unseen inscription, in magic ink, beams out its wondrous lines to the sense.Walt Whitman, Democratic Vistas CLICK HERE TO WATCH
- [Waerbeke | October 2014](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/listen/waerbeke-october-2014/) - A raw interview clip with Dirk Sturtewagen, director / founder of Waerbeke
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- [Western Tributary of Teklanika River @ Denali National Park | April 2014](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/listen/western-tributary-of-teklanika-river-denali-national-park-april-2014/) - Patrons Portal > Listening Room
- [Helen Lees – Silence is Secular](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/helen-lees-silence-is-secular/) - Patrons Portal > Listening Room
- [Santa Maria delle Grazie | Milan, Italy | February 2017](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/listen/santa-maria-delle-grazie-milan-italy-february-2017/) - Patrons Portal > Listening Room
- [A Convention of Birds in the Sycamore | January 2019](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/listen/a-convention-of-birds-in-the-sycamore/) - Patrons Portal > Listening Room
- [Rain on The Shed Rooftop](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/listen/rain-on-the-shed-rooftop/) - Patrons Portal > Listening Room
- [Joshua Tree, CA | April 2017](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/listen/joshua-tree-april2017/) - Patrons Portal > Listening Room
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- [Floorgazing (2019)](http://www.patrickshen.com/floorgazing/) - Series of thirty-one images in limited edition 7x7 hardcover photobook. Available for purchase at shop.transcendentalmedia.com. To collect photographs is to collect the world.Susan Sontag From the back cover: The ground provides an earthly clue about where we stand in relation to the world around us. It is the stage upon which our lives play out.
- [Patrons > May 2020](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/patrons-may-2020/) - I've been waking up early each day this week to observe the dawn and shoot test footage in preparation for The Dawn Chorus film project. Here are some screen grabs from the morning of April 28, 2020:
- [The Shed | Narrated Essay](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/listen/the-shed/) - Patrons Portal > Listening Room
- [Duomo di Milano | Milan, Italy | February 2017](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/listen/duomo/) - Patrons Portal > Listening Room
- [Patrons > April 2020](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/patrons-april-2020/) - Back to Patrons Portal [Microfilm] I Contemplate a Tree From Martin Buber's I and Thou: I contemplate a tree.I can accept it as a picture: a rigid pillar in a flood of light, or splashes of green traversed by the gentleness of the blue and silver of the (back)ground.I can feel it as movement: the flowing
- [Patrons > March 2020](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/march-2020/) - Back to Patrons Portal March 2020 Patron-only coupon code good for 30% OFF your entire order in the online shop: PATREON2020While on lock-down due to the covid-19 outbreak, my family and I wandered around our garden looking for the first signs of spring: I love the original version of this song by Bon Iver quite a bit and
- [Patrons > October 2019](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/patrons-october-2019/) - Back to Patrons Portal October 2019 “This is real. Your eyes reading this text, your hands, your breath, the time of day, the place where you are reading this–these things are real. I’m real too. I am not an avatar, a set of preferences, or some smooth cognitive force; I’m lumpy and porous, I’m an
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- [Patrons > December 2019](http://www.patrickshen.com/patrons-portal/patrons/) - Back to Patrons Portal December 2019 Patron-only coupon code good for 25% OFF your entire order in the online shop: PATREON2019 Ear Candy – Raw field recording I made at Church of St. Francis of Assisi in New York City: Rumi's Love Dogs: One night a man was crying,“Allah, Allah!”His lips grew sweet with the
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