A distant figure remains self-contained, carrying an atmosphere the observer cannot own or interpret.
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The figure keeps its weather. I cannot borrow the rain. At the far end of the field, a small darkness opens and closes. I call it distance. It does not answer. It keeps raining where it is.
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Quiet is not absence but a measurable presence that changes according to distance, attention and care.
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