Being locked down this past year has reinforced how important nature is to me. I know there are many people who are perfectly happy being inside, and that's totally fine, but I'm not one of them. Shelter is integral to our safety and well being, but ultimately that's all it is: shelter. It's a temporary reprieve from the elements, not a fortress against the "outside world." For millennia our species has had to find food in the natural world, and we've thus evolved to integrate with the Earth. Of course there's danger and risk inherent in roaming the land, but there's also connection. I feel a deep pull, a strong grounding to the Earth, when I am immersed amongst the trees and the insects and the wind. The world is much different now, but we must remember where we came from. We are animals after all. What's more human than being one with the surrounding environment and living in connection with the Earth?