18th installment in the Ecuador Series. The blending of our finite body with the cosmic world. A single hand reaches into the night sky, and where it meets the stars, warm skin fades into cool starlight, as if the boundary between body and universe were dissolving. When we realize that we are all connected, we can still experience individualism: each of us is a distinct hand reaching, yet made of the same cosmos. The ring on the finger is a small reminder of the personal, anchoring the vast to one person’s life.