"I'm most at peace at our place in Kangaroo Valley, a couple of hours south of Sydney - we have 12 acres of native Australian semi-rainforest. If I'm five hours into a day of trying to get rid of the weeds from a copse of trees, I'm pretty fucking happy, especially if my kids and my wife are helping me."
"I do have a very profound sense of story, continuity of narrative and the tales that humans tell themselves to generate meaning in a meaningless universe. That's my life's work. And so, as an Australian, hearing those ancient stories about Uluru is transcendent."
"What I can't bear about New York is you can never see infinity. You're always in a tunnel, and you can't bear about New York is you can never see infinity. You're always in a tunnel, and you can't see the stars."
A person finds greatest peace on their 12-acre property in Kangaroo Valley, south of Sydney, surrounded by native Australian semi-rainforest, particularly when removing weeds alongside family. Uluru exceeded expectations despite preconceptions, offering transcendent spiritual and narrative significance through ancient Aboriginal stories. Conversely, Midtown Manhattan disappointed due to overwhelming commercialism, environmental degradation, and the inability to experience open sky or stars. Childhood travel memories include an ambitious month-long cross-Australia journey in a seven-seater van with parents and siblings, including an infant, with creative sleeping arrangements in a trailer. The person values storytelling, continuity of narrative, and natural environments as central to generating meaning.
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