
Fatata te Miti (By the Sea) by Paul Gauguin (1892)
Three years ago, I turned my phone off for two weeks and drove through Utah. Gillian Welch was the soundtrack, and my partner was beside me. Only the horizon was up ahead, and “Orphan Girl” played on repeat.
We stopped to hike and camp along the way, taking in the structure and substance of the earth. A t…
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