The mountains have always seemed to keep something from me since i was a child. even when i was very small and timid and vulnerable, i never seemed to be afraid of these gigantic and colossal masses of rock and dirt and earth. they always seemed to give off a comforting yet off putting vibe that seemed to sooth me. like grandparents. they seem warm and too intelligent and with million of years worth of knowledge that exists inside them yet cannot tell us all of it. they always seem to have so much to tell but not a way to tell it.
the massive ranges always put me at ease, unlike the ocean. the ocean always scared me. when i was small and even now when i’m almost an adult, the ocean is a massive thing of fear for me. the ocean also seems to have millions of years of memories and knowledge, just like the rock ranges, however it seems to taunt me, mock me even. crashing the waves at my feet as if to goad me in, provoke me to enter it in greed to know all that i do not, as if it knows my thirst to know everything in this world. as if to take advantage of that, as if it knows we do not know much about what lays in it. like it will take me in, show all that it has to show, and then destroy me, drown me in all that ancient wisdom and take me away.
the mountains are the antipode. though they hold wisdom, they are kind to me. not taunting me, not mocking me. but instead inviting me to explore. explore them and find the answers myself ( and have an adventure along the way ). however find answers to what questions exactly is also to be explored. they summon me to traverse among the ranges and find the wisdom, get drunk on it, and get lost in it, or perhaps find myself in it. it gives me the freedom to do anything with all that, it gives me right to carry it or throw it and move on with my life. it does not care what i do with it. it only exists to hold the wisdom and teach the little humans of the vast universe and give a glimpse of how vast and infinite it is.
the mountains are open and vulnerable but not weak. they are mysterious but not secretive.
while the ocean is hidden and unforthcoming yet overpowering. it is secretive but not mysterious
maybe as a human, i only like that which is open and unrestricted and anything silent and arcane terrifies me.
