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Exploration 23 | Journey in Place | Without Us
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Tiny Essay

Question: Do you think that a place is not a place unless humans are there?

Or is there a chimera of place that precedes humans feelings?

Place Must Mean Humans

Poet Richard Wilbur poet defined place as a "fusion of human and natural order.” Wilbur also said, "A place is a piece of the whole environment that has been claimed by feelings." By feel…

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