Seán is an old man who lives in the Canadian Rockies in a small village close to the river in the Kootenays, a region named after the Kutenai First Nations people in southern Canada. He lives simply and consciously to the rythm of nature, he consumes little and enjoys the beauty of the place every day. Daily tasks punctuate his winter days. Far from the artificial pleasures of industrial civilization Seán cultivates his own asceticism, based on “happy sobriety”.
Disregarding the rules of our new world, his traditional lifestyle remains much healthier and more modern than most of his contemporaries who are trying to find a way to heal themselves.