How did I feel about sitting by a river for 24 hours and doing absolutely nothing, aside from looking at grass and clouds and water and so on? The experience of the solo is the experience of time itself, in its rawest and most unmediated form. A word he used a lot in talking about his work, and in describing the experience and value of the nature solo, was “re-enchantment”. I was mourning my childhood, and the mourning felt long overdue. I gathered my things, and we walked in silence out of the forest, him keeping several paces behind me.

Source: The Guardian January 24, 2020 06:00 UTC