If you tear the land APART 

When I thought of the act of ripping the land apart, of tearing it into sections, I realized that the land becomes what it essentially is.  The land is pathways, soil, earth. All these sections become the ground that supports us, with the sky hovering above. When I tear the land apart, I see what is waiting for me to build my life upon. 

I have to understand the basic texture of the land in order to build my life upon it.