The Arctic Circle / Hansbukta / by Dorota Borowa


I came across this quote again by @cristinleach from her book “Negative Space”: “I feel safe in nature. I feel safe in art. They both contain beginnings and ends. They both take me in and out. They both take me to the edge of my heart.” which I love so much. In this particular place in the Arctic all the dimensions seemed to collapse: there was no depth, length, height and time seemed to be irrelevant too. There were no points of references to rest your eyesight on nor to trigger any thoughts. Your mind starts mirroring this vastness and a feeling of dissolving creeps into you. There is no beginning and no end as every end is a beginning of something else and it is ok. It gives you peace and a feeling that you are a small part of something you can’t imagine nor understand but you had a privilege to peep on.