Dharma Desk

Your mindfulness practice station - an extreme remote work project

About

What if a desk were more than furniture—what if it were a doorway to a different life? This project reimagines the work desk outside the office, placing a foldable desk, a laptop, a chair, and a single yellow flower into open landscapes through AI-generated paintings inspired by photographs. By stripping work down to its essentials and situating it in the world—fields, forests, shorelines, mountaintops—the desk becomes a portal to possibility.

The viewer is invited to place themselves in the chair, to ask: What if this were my workspace? What if work could expand rather than confine? The flower reminds us of beauty, the foldable furniture of freedom, and the laptop of both connection and constraint. Together, these elements provoke a rethinking of how we balance responsibility with living fully.

This is not an escape from work, but a call to reclaim presence, joy, and a better way to live.

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Back Story

In early 2025, I felt trapped by my office walls—restless, confined, longing for freedom. One day, I carried my laptop outside and discovered how transformative it felt to work beneath the open sky. What began as afternoons in parks, libraries, and beaches soon grew into road trips with a folding desk, chair, and a small vase holding a single yellow perennial. With my phone’s 5G hotspot, I could work anywhere: on a Montana farm’s edge, in the stillness of deserts, or atop coastal cliffs.

I began photographing these “extreme remote offices” and sharing them. Friends and family imagined themselves at that desk, free from fluorescent lights and corporate walls. The idea resonated—deeply. To amplify that feeling, I used AI to render the photos as paintings, adding a layer of dreamlike disconnection that stirred something more soulful.

This became the Dharma Desk Project: a practice of reclaiming freedom, mindfulness, and connection through workspaces without walls. The desk is more than furniture—it’s an invitation to breathe, to imagine, and to live with intention.

I invite you to create your own Dharma Desk moments (#DharmaDesk). Set yourself free: work with an open horizon, think with a free mind, live without walls.