Walking through the shadowy forest one morning, I halted and gasped in startled delight at the beauty that was on display before me. The forest was interwoven with a network of glittering strands of silver light that connected trees to shrubs and thorns to bluebells. When I moved back, the glorious sight vanished. Stepping ahead, the dazzling array reappeared. Surveying the scene around me, I realized every path forward was intersected by these glittering...