"Inhabiting the San Juan River canyon for a few days feels like an actual merging of place and friendship with a certain deep affinity circulating between the humans and the landscape. It’s an immersion into something that’s equally comforting, awe-inspiring, and joyful," Rosie Carter writes in this personal essay about friendship with place and humans alike.
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I recently learned of a new word - solastalgia. Environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht combined "solace" and "nostalgia" to describe “a type of homesickness or melancholia that you feel when you’re at home and your home environment is changing around you in ways that you feel are profoundly negative.”
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I've been wondering lately what it is that can cause us to stand still in wonder. How a thing can catch hold of our senses in a way that makes us pause and respond with awe. Is it an external something or does it come from inside? I'm inclined to think it's an exceptional combination of both... something of a moment that brings surprise and beauty together with an opening of eyes, ears, heart. A moment when your senses can directly connect with your surroundings in a personal way. And I'm pretty sure the ol' brain has little to do with it. Without the brain interjecting, those un-narrated moments can seem a little magical.
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