To is to witness the slow, inevitable peeling away of the world until only the skeleton remains. It is the verb of the desert, the glacier, and the aging soul.
To be denudated is to be exposed, yes—but it is also to be authentic. When the "topsoil" of our vanity is gone, we find out what is actually capable of supporting weight. There is a terrifying beauty in a mountain peak that has been stripped of its trees; you can finally see the true shape of the stone. denudate
But there is a more intimate denudation that happens within us. To is to witness the slow, inevitable peeling