Class Date:11-4-14
Before this class I never truly considered landscapes having any real effect on culture. While it is something very difficult to prove, without some post hoc bias, it is fascinating none the less. To think there is power, so to speak, in the ground around us is a profound indicator of the respect it deserves. I would like to consider myself a conservationist of course, and it seems C.S. Lewis has reaffirmed the interwoven relationship man has with nature. It not only affects the physical resources we have at our disposal, but the mental facilities as well. From our discussions in class I've concluded that this relationship's influence does indeed flow both ways. While the landscape appears to effect how each person considers or perceives things, like how C.S. Lewis speculates the cosmic landscapes of deserts lead to monotheistic beliefs, each person also see different things within in a landscape.What each person see can't truly be emulated by a artist, what a person takes from a rolling vista or a full panorama is their own.
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