When you push past the edge of human presence on this planet, and spend days penetrating into the deepest wilderness left on this earth… Things begin to change. “I felt my body adapting to the harsh con-ditions, and rising to the challenge. My skin began to harden and heal. Yet my mental transformation was most remarkable.
My brain, too, was adjusting to the new reality of life alone in the wilderness, and operating with a level of focus I had never experienced before. Everything felt new.
Adventure in its purest form is raw discovery. The draw to see what’s around the next bend becomes hypnotizing; I was drawn forward by the powerful tide of the forest. In the wild, the self becomes the only thing because there is nothing else. Out there the grave business of survival and discovery is understood without being spoken, and all else fails to qualify as relevant. Days of travel deepen this sensation, and you begin to feel the tug of the jungle, the sucking sensation of deep wilderness that draws you toward its hidden recesses. It was fascinating how powerful the urge to continue was, how much my mind obsessed over it.”
—Mother of God (2014)
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