constant escape
winter withered, warm
Sure, I think it can serve to unalienate, to some degree, the unnatural. If we consider it something separate from the natural, then it is ultimately alien, and perhaps daunting. If, on the other hand, we consider the unnatural a function of the natural, it becomes slightly less alien, and thus viable as a route of development - but that is buying into all the above stuff about hills and valleys. That is, the "natural" as balanced, the valley, could perhaps be enhanced by detours into the unnatural, the inclines. If we step back and observe this progression, it is a sort of oscillation, up hills (through the unnatural), and down into restful valleys (return to the natural).