Outside The World

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Between Distance and Wonder

RyanDavid Burningham
A place exists where you can look out upon it all in a single sweeping glance. Take in everything— and everything looks simple. Nothing to crowd your vision, just looking, pondering, watching the world pass by, oblivious to the fact that it's being watched. It's easy to stand and feel the earth move underfoot while the wide ceiling rotates effortlessly. Thousands of nameless objects, millions of names— but they don't need them because they don't know what they are. You can cast a stone as far as possible or fling an arrow into the sky; no one will ever find them. This place exists, not on mountains or hills or anyplace ever visited— a certain location residing somewhere between distance and wonder...
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