Perception. It is muted. It is flawed. It is singularly independent while holistically communal. For example, we perceive the tree, its branches, its outline in the sky. How it is separate from the mountains behind it and yet connected to the earth below it. We distinctly isolate the tree from ourselves. But that is merely our perception. The truth of the matter is that we are part of the tree and the tree is part of us. And I would argue further that person and place are one and the same. A symbiotic relationship exists between our souls and our universe. And sometimes that relationship forms a very special bond: one that echoes across time…