Imagine a narrow mountain stream winding through the valley, its blue-green water gathering into clear pools before tumbling over dark, time-smoothed rocks in ribbons of white. Stones rise through the current at uneven intervals. Along the banks, the hills sweep upward in unexpected washes of ochre, rust, violet and muted teal, their colours made richer where sunlight settles across the slopes. At the centre of it all, a woman makes her way upstream, stepping barefoot from one sun-warmed...