I love the idea of connecting with the flatlands, but for me the mountains of North Wales fill me with a joy unlike any other landscape. But this superb essay reminds me of a time when I lived in the east of Essex and how haunting I found the mudflats, the creeks, and the hedgeless fields.

MBmarinabenjamin.bsky.socialSep 28, 2023 6:31pm

Here is a completely beguiling and gorgeously written essay from @noreenmasud.bsky.social about the ongoing legacy of pain and betrayal aeon.co/essays/flat-...

Flat places are the ground that my mind is built upon | Aeon Essays

Whenever I stand in a flat landscape, I feel myself becoming weightless, taken out of my childhood full of painful nothing