Isak, immersed in the wilds

“In the wilds, each season has its wonders, but always, unchangingly, there is that immense heavy sound of heaven and earth, the sense of being surrounded on all sides, the darkness of the forest, the kindliness of the trees. All is heavy and soft, no thought is impossible there” (Knut Hamsun, Growth of the Soil, 1921, page 178).