When ever I herd the word Natural, Wild, or Wilderness these images by Carleton E. Watkins came to mind. Now however the reading this week opened up the possibility of what is Natural, Wild or Wilderness. I was shocked to find that are parks only account for 2% of the land in the United States, I though at least 5-8%. I wonder is these views are still the same or is there a ranger station and trail sign smack in the middle.
The Valley from Mariposa Trail, Yosemite, California, 1863
The Three Brothers, Yosemite
So this is what I got from the Dictionary of the History of Ideas reading that ...Nature trumps Artificial.
Supernatural trumps Natural.
Natural= unmodified by man.
House, clothing, cooked food and
Social Organization are not Natural.
1st: be true to the common nature of their fellowmen
2nd: be true to themselves
Which is some thing to always live by to be true to yourself is to be at one with your self, if you don't know, trust and love yourself how can you know, trust and love any one else.
The Arts are seen as
expression of an
individuals nature
Instead of:
being an imitation of nature.
What is an individuals nature, you always here its in there nature.
+ to nurture, to care, to teach, to help....
- to cause pain, to destroy, to be evil....
What is wild and free?
Wild= unruliness, disorder and violence
Wilderness= Home
I grew up close to the wilderness/ wild, at least as close as you can get in Indiana. My parents had a cabin next to Brown County State Park, my mother makes healing salve from plants around the yard and in the woods she was taught by and old healer. (Funny thing is my Dr. Uncle tells us relatives to use my moms salve when we show him a wound) We uses to walk for hours deep through the park, were it is to remote for most campers to get, if we did cut back on to a trail and ran into campers they use to panic that two small children and a dog were lost deep in the wood, though it was just are backyard. do you know what plants heal? other than aloe...?
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