The article features a vivid narrative about a personal journey up a steep hill, exploring the relationship between the landscape and the self. The author describes the physical challenges of the climb, using rich imagery to illustrate the steepness and beauty of the surroundings. As the author reaches a vantage point, they gain perspective on both the land and their own identity, crafting a metaphor for personal exploration and connection to nature. The narrative beautifully intertwines sensory details, like the feeling of the cold grass, creating an immersive experience.
The land here is concertinaed into improbable valleys. The top of each hill visible beyond the last like layers of torn away paper.
From this high vantage point, looking down at the scuffed trail of my ascent and then squinting into the sun as it continues to rise from behind the distant hills, I finally place myself.
I lift my hands up in front of myself instead. Make a viewfinder with the two Ls of my thumbs. I move the frame closer to my face, further away, pan right to left.
Though only my body, the cold-stung, reddening flesh of my fingers, bisects and even then, only for my eyes which look through the frame.
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