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Mindfulness (by The Tree) VR Experience

Joanna — Thu, 07 May 2026 13:43:04 +0000

For those who are far away.
For those who could not be with us in Nysa.
For those who wish to pause for a moment.
For those who need a moment of mindfulness.
For those who find peace in nature.
For those who like returning to good emotions.
For those who wish to experience it once again.
And for myself – as a memory.

And for those who know that:

“The world is where you choose to stop.”

The virtual version of Mindfulness by the Tree was created alongside the solo exhibition presented at the Muzeum Powiatowe in Nysa.

It allows visitors from different places to experience the project and return to its atmosphere of mindfulness, nature, light, and presence.

MINDFULNESS (by The Tree)

The physical exhibition took place at Muzeum Powiatowe in Nysa from 13 March 2026 until 3 May 2026.
The Virtual Reality exhibition remains open until 26 May 2026.

Exhibition Curator:

Adriana Zalewska-Wąsowicz

Artist of the Mindfulness (by The Tree) Exhibition:

Joanna Musiał-Janicka (Poland)

Mindfulness (by The Tree) VR Experience

Photography and Mixed Media Art: hand embroidery on pigment prints of photographs (new project – click here and here to read more).

Media Partners:

Special thanks to all partners and supporters whose presence and support have accompanied this journey through mindfulness, nature, and the everyday beauty we can all discover:

PADIC – Pol Art Design Impact Culture

Polish Women Photographers

Polskie Towarzystwo Fototerapeutyczne

Portal Nysa

Respublica Nyskiego Regionu

VR Exhibition

This exhibition can be explored intuitively – like moving through digital space. Use your mouse or finger to navigate, and zoom in to discover details within the works.

Take your time. Move slowly. We invite you to enter and experience it at your own pace.

You can view information about each artwork by clicking on the piece and selecting the “i” icon in the top right corner.

To explore details more closely, simply use the magnifying glass with the plus sign in the top left corner of each image to zoom in.

You can move each image freely by simply clicking and dragging with your mouse, and zoom in or out to explore the details.

Take a Virtual Journey!

Experience the digital copy of the exhibition Mindfulness (by The Tree) from anywhere in the world!

Thank you for taking the time to experience this exhibition.

If you would like to go deeper into the story behind opening of ‘Mindfulness (by the Tree)’, I warmly invite you to visit my blog, where I share reflections, moments from the vernissage, and the atmosphere of the exhibition in Nysa.

This project continues beyond the images – in observation, presence, and shared experience. It is not a finished story, but a lifelong practice that I will keep returning to and developing over time.

Thank You for beeing here!

Joanna

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Exhibition opening Mindfulness (by the Tree) in Nysa

Joanna — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:50:16 +0000

It was exactly this sight that moved me so deeply that it was difficult to gather my thoughts and capture them in words during my Exhibition opening Mindfulness (by the Tree) in Nysa.

I knew the room was filling up and that more chairs were being brought in (thank you for the help). Yet it was only when the official part of the opening began — when the museum director Edward Hałajko welcomed the guests, and the curator of the exhibition Adriana Zalewska-Wąsowicz spoke about my artistic path and said a few touching words about me — and when I stood up to give my speech (already with tears in my eyes) and turned toward the audience… that I saw it.

I did not expect this sight: people were standing and could not fit into the (quite large) Room 104 of the Powiatowe Muzeum in Nysa.

They were present — and it is exactly this presence that matters here.

I saw faces I had not seen for a long time, friends and people I had not yet met. I saw people who had travelled quite a few kilometres to be there. Family, friends, loved ones.

I would like to thank each and every one of you for coming.

It is especially important to me also because the theme of this exhibition concerns something very simple and at the same time very necessary — mindfulness and its influence on our well-being.

The official part of the opening was enriched by a concert by Agni Kruszewska (Whispers of Crystals) played on crystal singing bowls. The sound introduced the audience into a calm and reflective atmosphere.

This moment of quietness was very symbolic. This conscious pause is exactly what the whole project is about.

Mindfulness in Nature: Finding Inspiration in a Single Tree

During my speech I explained — well …or at least tried to explain — how it happened that one particular tree became my inspiration. A photograph from the first walk when I encountered the tree appears as the background image on the exhibition poster.

I spoke about how, regardless of the weather or the season, I directed my steps, my lens, my curiosity and my attention toward its branches, fruits and blossoms. I watched the light building the scene, the fanciful drawings of frost, rain, or the restless sun.

With time I discovered that it was not only about photography.

It was also a practice of mindfulness — but also of wonder and gratitude — for being able to be here and to be part of something so beautiful.

This whole process had a very positive effect — and still has — on my well-being. And perhaps through my photographs it will inspire others to practise mindfulness. This is my wish and my intention.

My works are, of course, records of nature’s creations, but they are also a symbol — a symbol of mindfulness beyond their aesthetic, decorative or collectible value. When I look at these photographs, I do not see branches and blossoms. I see the goodness flowing from that moment.

I would like viewers to be able to pause for a moment.

To remember what is good and important for them.
To take a breath — and draw strength from nature and from mindfulness.
And then — with renewed strength — return to everyday life, having at hand a tool called mindfulness.

Mindfulness for wonder and beauty is always available. It does not require knowledge or special techniques. It does not require preparation. We cannot harm ourselves with it. All it takes is a moment — truly just a few seconds.
And what is important — it can be learned.

There were so many good emotions gathered that I wished to share them through my photographs.

Exhibition opening Mindfulness (by the Tree) in Nysa in numbers

At the exhibition one can see 20 photographs in a larger format from a limited, certified collector’s edition. Each work is hand-signed and embossed with the artist’s dry stamp.

The exhibition is complemented by four works from my new project “Embroidered Light.” In these photographs I manually emphasize the light with shimmering thread.

Light is for me a symbol of goodness.
Hope. Meaning. A path.

At the end I quoted a few sentences that best express the meaning of this project and which I would like visitors to take with them after seeing the exhibition:

Marcus Aurelius:
“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”

Vincent van Gogh:
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”

The poet Mary Oliver:
“The instruction for living a life is simple: pay attention, be astonished, and tell about it.”

Thank You to Our Media Patrons for Supporting “Mindfulness by the Tree”

Finally, I would like to sincerely thank all the media patrons who supported the exhibition “Mindfulness (by the Tree)” and helped share this project with a wide audience.

Your support and presence have been invaluable on this journey through mindfulness, nature, and the everyday beauty we can all discover.

PADIC – Pol Art Design Impact Culture

Polish Women Photographers

Polskie Towarzystwo Fototerapeutyczne

Portal Nysa

Respublica Nyskiego Regionu

During the opening, I also had the honour of receiving the exhibition certificate for “Mindfulness by the Tree” from the director of Muzeum Powiatowe w Nysie, Edward Hałajko. It was a very meaningful and symbolic moment for me.

I try to weave a story with my photographs and I believe that exhibitions are the beginning of a conversation, not its conclusion, and… “the world is where you choose to stop.”

If you happen to be in Nysa in the coming weeks, I warmly invite you to visit the Muzeum Powiatowe in Nysa.

The exhibition “Mindfulness (by the Tree)” can be viewed until 3 May 2026.

See you at the exhibition at Muzeum Powiatowe in Nysa!

Muzeum Powiatowe w Nysie, 48-300 Nysa, ul. Biskupa Jarosława 11 – http://www.muzeum.nysa.pl/
Opening: 13/03/2026, 18.00
Exhibition on view: 13/03/2026 – 03/05/2026
Curator: Adriana Zalewska-Wąsowicz
Live concert during the opening: Agni Kruszewska @WhisperOfCrystals

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Exhibition Mindfulness (By the Tree)

Joanna — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:54:52 +0000

You are warmly invited to my exhibition of artistic nature photography, “Mindfulness by the Tree.”

Muzeum Powiatowe w Nysie, 48-300 Nysa, ul. Biskupa Jarosława 11

Opening: 13/03/2026, 18.00

Exhibition on view: 13/03/2026 – 03/05/2026

Curator: Adriana Zalewska-Wąsowicz

Artist: Joanna Musiał-Janicka

What does your world look like when you stop rushing?
Will you allow a single flower immersed in shimmering sunlight to invite you to return often to where it has its roots?

It is precisely in such moments that Joanna Musiał-Janicka discovers further impressions that reveal to her the fascinating world of macro photography. Their record is not merely a series of frames; it is an adventure in discovering light and the world – the inner one within herself, and the outer one in the branches of a single tree. An adventure that may well become a lifelong project. It is also a manifestation of the philosophy and importance of process over results, reflecting the Artist’s intention: to find calm and solace in nature. It is the phenomenon of pausing in our busy times with mindfulness, so as not to miss the miracle of life.

The project “Mindfulness by the Tree,” carried out since 11.01.2024 and still ongoing, is a very unique and personal record of moments of contact with nature and its beauty. The Artist spends long hours by one specific tree, growing quietly in the Municipal Park in Nysa, just two hundred meters from her home – searching for frames in deep focus. Beyond being a tribute to Mother Nature for her creations, these images are a record of moments of conscious presence, quieting, and finding harmony. With flowers, greenery, gusts of wind, birdsong, and at times frost and drizzle. In every weather and in every season.

Mindfulness in Autumn

Mindfulness in Mist

Mindfulness in Winter

Why not the whole park? Why not another tree, but this particular spindle tree?

“During one of my walks with the camera, ‘something’ told me to turn off the beaten path, although I was already heading home. That is how this synergy of reflection, light, and dwelling within one ecosystem began – my ‘friendship’ with the Tree,” Joanna Musiał-Janicka explains. It is fascinating how focusing on the act of searching for new images in a well-known place – thus requiring great creativity – can quiet the rush of thoughts and become a meditation with the camera in hand. Perhaps anyone seeking inner balance can discover it right next to themselves? The collection “Mindfulness by the Tree” is also a set of reflections on the cyclicality of the seasons – from the bloom and burst of spring emotions along with flowering blossoms, to the soothing and calming influence of winter and the slowing of pace.

Mindfulness in Pink

Mindfulness in Fruits

Mindfulness in Beige

The challenge the Artist has set for herself in this never-ending journey has a therapeutic dimension – it combines her passion for photography with her interest in exploring the depths of the human psyche in psychology and personal development. She first experienced for herself the wellbeing that comes from contact with flora and fauna, and then decided to share these feelings and pass them on in the form of artistic macro photographs. These photographs have become a symbol of mindfulness and its positive impact on the human psyche – a reminder that inner harmony is not a privilege, but our fundamental need. At the same time, they retain their collector’s, decorative, and aesthetic value. From this idea the title of the entire collection was born, and observation becomes here a form of presence.

“He who observes attentively sees more.” – Karol Darwin

About the Works – Mindfulness (By the Tree)

The exhibition of Joanna Musiał-Janicka’s macro photography allows viewers to immerse themselves in the details of nature thanks to large formats. These photographs are created through an original, meditative process of working with light and plant, without staging or interference with the existing scene. It is purely observation – a moment captured through the lens, without any manipulation in graphic software or the use of artificial intelligence.

The Artist invites the viewer to slow down, look attentively, and personally experience the beauty recorded in the photograph, treated as a pretext to pause.

It is worth noting that the “Mindfulness by the Tree” series is one of Joanna’s signed collector’s limited edition fine art photography series in exhibition quality, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, available for purchase also as canvas prints and posters (in various sizes).