IMOGEN HALES

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What is nature to you?

Is it freedom?

But where does freedom come from? Is it felt within?

Or is learnt from what nature shows us?

Fresh air pulls itself between trees, through fields, wraps itself over hills. Perspective sucked in around my eyes, ears, nose, mouth. Mind clears, emptying, tumbling like a stream over ageing thoughts until only a simple focus on the panorama remains. Sight is no longer barred by cars, walls, opinions, and animals move, and wind flicks leaves and taps rhythms on water, and nothing seems to matter anymore. The smile on my face mirroring the one I feel.

Lack of mobile connection awakens a reconnection between brain and soul, a connection that forms when expectation is momentarily cut away. No more push, pull, judgment.

It’s immeasurable, yet you can hold it in a breath. Immoveable, yet movement is its essence. Infinite, yet a memory can be held in the coolness of a stone.