I needed to be in the bush. There I find solitude and beauty and purity and focus. That’s where my heart lies.

Burnett frames “the bush” as more than a physical landscape: it is a moral and psychological refuge. The clustered nouns—“solitude and beauty and purity and focus”—suggest a place that strips away distraction and social noise, allowing a return to essentials. The line “That’s where my heart lies” turns the statement into a declaration of belonging, implying that identity and purpose are anchored not in public life or achievement but in an environment that fosters clarity and inner alignment. Read this way, the quote contrasts modern, mediated experience with a restorative wilderness ideal, where attention, values, and selfhood can be re-centered.