Driven by an unconscious search for the familiar and a sense of belonging through contemplative practices in nature, I have situated myself as an intimate and playful neighbor of the forest and the river next-door for the past few years. The Chattahoochee River in Roswell, Ga, and sporadic visits to Papallacta, Ecuador -a biodiverse cloud forest region in my hometown- have informed my body of work since 2020. I have been observant of nature's mechanisms and transitions, its resilience and pace, the speed and the quietness, the flourishing of orderly and diverse phenological patterns... What remains within never-ending mutation cycles? What persists? These abstract mixed media works become a biomorphic multi-perspective assemblage of sensorial and affective information gathered from two specific river sites, those who have awakened intuitive and old childlike practices, as well as quotidian pursuits of home traces in nature's drifts.