Marking human presence

I have worked in a range of ways with drawing and installations on Bakestonedale Moor in the Peak District. I have used many meters of lining paper, but also elastic string, to mark or draw my presence onto the land. Outdoor environments are so large, therefore it depends how close or from what distance you look in order to actually see the mark you have made. I have found that the white or cream colour of my materials stand out strongly against the green and brown colours of the environment. And I also discovered that circles have  such a ‘standing out power’,…they draw attention to themselves because their shape  is geometric, which we don't see as part of the natural things on Bakestonedale Moor. Ancient cultures also made circles onto rocks or into the sand on the ground. Well, it makes sense to me! There were instances of artmaking on Bakestonedale Moor where I felt as if the environment was looking back at me, observing me what I was doing. Or, maybe I felt out of my comfort zone doing such unusual things outdoors, that I felt self-conscious, and observed by…. myself? Artmaking is a form of communication with ‘the other’, but, often, what ‘the other’ precisely is cannot be ascertained, but maybe just felt through its presence. In such instances of artmaking, do we communicate with the ‘place’, the ‘location’….? I'm interested in what the outdoor world means to us, in which way it is part of our mental and emotional wellbeing.