In Praise of the Open

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Excerpt from Nature of Enclosure, edited by Jeffrey S. Nesbit, published by Actar Publishers.
An expanded version of this essay previously appeared in the special section of Log 51 guest-edited by Sanford Kwinter and entitled Excursions in the Ecosphere. See Aleksandra Jaeschke, “The Song of the Banyan Tree,” Log 51 (Winter/Spring 2021): 183–199.

Attracted by its apparent stillness and boundless emptiness, I used to dream of traveling into outer space. I am now afraid that it is looming upon us down here on Earth. But I am getting ahead of myself.