We live on a restless Earth

When viewed in deep time, things come alive that seemed inert. New responsibilities declare themselves. A conviviality of being leaps to mind and eye. The world becomes eerily various and vibrant again. Ice breathes. Rock has tides. Mountains ebb and flow. Stone pulses. We live on a restless Earth.

 

Robert Macfarlane, Underland (Hamish Hamilton, 2019) pp. 15-16