The moai of Rapa Nui

A longstanding fascination of mine is Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean.
I admire the moai of Rapa Nui. The Rapanui people carved those gigantic statues beginning around 1100.
I will never visit the moai, but I feel a strong kinship with the statues as though they were actual people. I catch myself imagining a strong Pacific wind, as I stand near a giant moai and stare at its face while the sun traverses the noonday sky. I imagine that moment so often that it starts to feel like a memory.
Virtual travel.
The brain is a marvel.