Remove Watt

A photograph without light is a black rectangle. A concert without amplification is a whisper. But sometimes, in the absence of watt, we discover what watt obscured. Remove the streetlamp, and you see stars. Remove the engine hum, and you hear your own breath. Remove the political roar, and you notice the soil, the root, the ant. To remove watt is not always destruction. Sometimes it is revelation. The Zen monk does not seek power; he seeks the place where power is unnecessary. That place has no wattage. It is cool, still, and profoundly alive.

Here is a written piece exploring the concept. remove watt

We have equated progress with the capacity to consume energy. A more powerful car, a more powerful computer, a more powerful grid. But as we stand on the precipice of climate instability and resource scarcity, the definition of progress must change. The challenge of the 21st century is no longer how to generate more power, but how to A photograph without light is a black rectangle