The Cartographer of Invisible Lands

A cartographer spent decades drawing landscapes that did not appear in the physical world. People mocked him, saying he mapped illusions. But he insisted, “I chart the terrains of inner lives.” His maps revealed mountains of courage, valleys of regret, deserts of doubt, and coastlines shaped by hope. When he died, the villagers finally unrolled his greatest map. It resembled the outline of a human soul—vast, fractured, luminous. And suddenly, all his invisible lands became undeniable.