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Image, Instinct and Imagination: Landscape as sign language

By Simon Warner 2014
Holme Fen, Cambridgeshire Note how the eye is drawn along the track towards the safety of the wood. The 'edge of the wood' is an important margin because it usually gives the ability to see without being seen, offering both Prospect and Refuge at the same time.
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