Hailey Higdon’s RURAL is a love letter to what lies in the middle, turning over of worlds hidden beneath the seemingly nondescript and the commonly discounted. On this drive, Higdon takes a second look at the self, applying layers of experience to objects and places and finding the sticky ‘middles’ of her micronarratives. RURAL’s destination is an unexpected detour, weaving in and out of the questions: what does loneliness look like in the wide-in-between spaces and what is enough?