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A rocky clearing yawns open beneath the wood canopy, a pocket of sunlit air in the hush of the trees. Massive boulders rise like ancient sentinels, their faces pocked and layered with lichen and the slow green-bronze of moss. Light slices down in warm bands, catching granules of feldspar and mica so the stone glitters faintly, while deep crevices keep a steady, cool dark that smells of damp earth and old shade.
You step into the squeeze between two hulking masses of rock. The space narrows; roots and ferns press close along the seams. Each footfall is measured, stones cool under your palms. The air temperature drops several degrees as you move; the sun feels distant now, a promise beyond the granite walls. Tiny drips echo somewhere ahead—water finding a path through stone, keeping time in the hush.
Shadows carve sharp patterns across the surfaces, revealing veins and scars in the rock—traces of millennia of freeze and thaw, of root and rain. Streaks of rusty iron and deep charcoal run like brushstrokes across the boulders’ faces, giving them an almost painted quality. In places, the stone folds inward to form sheltered alcoves where a single shaft of light can turn a patch of moss into a luminous carpet.
The tight passage forces a slower pace. Your breath comes steady; you notice the small sounds more acutely—the rasp of your sleeve against rough rock, a distant bird call, the whisper of leaves stirred by something moving beyond sight. A faint cool breeze slides through the cut, carrying the mineral tang of stone and the sweet, green scent of the woodland.
Emerging from the squeeze, the clearing opens again. Sunlight spills across the boulders, warming their edges, revealing their full scale. Standing there, you feel both dwarfed and centered—held in the patient, immovable embrace of ancient stone, at once cooled by shadow and lit by the gentle honesty of midday.
16” x 20”
A rocky clearing yawns open beneath the wood canopy, a pocket of sunlit air in the hush of the trees. Massive boulders rise like ancient sentinels, their faces pocked and layered with lichen and the slow green-bronze of moss. Light slices down in warm bands, catching granules of feldspar and mica so the stone glitters faintly, while deep crevices keep a steady, cool dark that smells of damp earth and old shade.
You step into the squeeze between two hulking masses of rock. The space narrows; roots and ferns press close along the seams. Each footfall is measured, stones cool under your palms. The air temperature drops several degrees as you move; the sun feels distant now, a promise beyond the granite walls. Tiny drips echo somewhere ahead—water finding a path through stone, keeping time in the hush.
Shadows carve sharp patterns across the surfaces, revealing veins and scars in the rock—traces of millennia of freeze and thaw, of root and rain. Streaks of rusty iron and deep charcoal run like brushstrokes across the boulders’ faces, giving them an almost painted quality. In places, the stone folds inward to form sheltered alcoves where a single shaft of light can turn a patch of moss into a luminous carpet.
The tight passage forces a slower pace. Your breath comes steady; you notice the small sounds more acutely—the rasp of your sleeve against rough rock, a distant bird call, the whisper of leaves stirred by something moving beyond sight. A faint cool breeze slides through the cut, carrying the mineral tang of stone and the sweet, green scent of the woodland.
Emerging from the squeeze, the clearing opens again. Sunlight spills across the boulders, warming their edges, revealing their full scale. Standing there, you feel both dwarfed and centered—held in the patient, immovable embrace of ancient stone, at once cooled by shadow and lit by the gentle honesty of midday.
16” x 20”