The proximity/distance tension in Wylie's “Landscape” (2007, p.2) arises from the opposing assertions of the philosophical and the rational. About his painting of Mont Sainte-Victoire, Cézanne writes “the landscape is thought in me… and I am its consciousness” (quoted in Wylie, 2007, p. 2). Wylie observed that “Cézanne is not a detached spectator – his gaze penetrates the landscape, he is penetrated by the landscape” (Wylie, 2007, p. 3). In contrast, Wylie cites historian and literary critic Raymond Williams' argument that "the very idea of ​​landscape implies separation and observation" (quoted in Wylie, 2007, p. 3), the implication being that a landscape presupposes distance. The contrasting points of view of perceptions of the landscape are reflected in Wylie's text through the philosophical and, on the contrary, pragmatic analysis of the works. The first maintains that the relationship between the observer and the landscape is a pure and umbilical relationship where the two merge and the opposing considerations hold that the landscape must be considered from a reasonable, detached and logical position. This is perhaps analogous to more recent debates regarding scalar analysis for and against scalar concepts in an ever-changing world. The Dictionary of Human Geography defines landscape as “a cardinal term of human geography serving as a central point”. object of investigation, organizing principle and interpretive lens for several different generations of researchers” (Gregory et al, 2009, p. 400). The definition has evolved over time with influential geographers, such as Cosgrove defining landscape as a “way of seeing” (Cosgrove, 1984, p. 1). JT Mitchell considers landscape "not as an object to be seen or a text to be read but as a process through...... middle of article...... Marston, SA, Jones, JP and Woodward, K. (2005), Human geography without scale. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 30: pp. 416-432. Massey, Doreen (2006). The landscape as provocation: reflections on moving mountains. Journal of Material Culture, 11(1-2), pp. 33-48.Mitchell, W. (1994). Landscape and power. 2nd ed. London: University of Chicago Press. pp. 1-29. Neumann, R. (2009). Political ecology: scale of theorization. Progress in human geography. 33 (3), pp. 398-406. Somerville, M. (2007). Space and place in education: always speaking from the margins. Peer-reviewed publication from the Annual Conference of the Australian Educational Research Association, Fremantle, WA. Winchester, H. Kong, L. Dunn, K. (2003). Landscapes Ways of imagining the world. Essex: Pearson. Wylie, J (2007). Landscape (key ideas in geography). London: Routledge