William L. Morris III has been a nature photographer for 30 years. His passion for photography grew out of his love for nature. He thought himself to take photographs for capturing unique moments in the natural world. His first camera, a Canon AE-1, was purchased on board the USS Clark FFG-11 during his active duty years as an Engineman in the United States Navy. William believes that beauty of nature is for all of us to enjoy. The natural world has always been his favorite subject. Looking at the photographic work published in magazines such as National Geographic motivated him to refine his skills. While taking care of a family business, William developed his interest in the local environment. During that time he started to look at the
Cronon, William “The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature” ed., Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature, New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1995, 69-90
Berry explains how art honors nature by depicting it and using it as a starting
The nature in which we live is truly beautiful and something to preserve and treasure. When the Europeans first came to North America, they were immediately in love with the views they encountered. They were interested in wanting to know more about the land, the animals that peeked around, and the people who called it home. Artists such as, John White had heard the tales of what Christopher Columbus had described during his time in North America, which led to them wanting to make their own discoveries (Pohl 140). Everyone had their own opinions and views of the world, but artists were able to capture the natural images and the feeling they had through their paintings (Pohl 140).
In his childhood, George grew up in Diamond, Missouri, near the woods and wildlife giving him an appreciation of nature at a young age. He explored the woods and marveled at the rocks and the trees, the birds and the animal, he also seemed to recall knowing every strange flower, insect, bird, or beast. His main source of knowledge, Webster’s Elementary Spelling Book, did not give any answers to his questions.
Similarly, Goldsworthy conveys the lifeblood of nature through his unconventional use of materials and techniques. Goldsworthy seeks to understand nature by direct participation. He uses natural resources as his tools and mediums to produce his works, e.g. stones, leafs, feathers and thorns. This relationship...
A deep, unending, and unfulfilled thirst for adventure and exploration arose when I read this quote from Edward Abbey. Untamed and wild, nature possesses exquisite beauty and wonders that even the wildest imagination could not conceive. Abbey’s quote captures this untamed beauty almost perfectly in the form of words. While nature contains such wonders, it is not always willing to immediately yield its secrets. Nevertheless, persistence and effort are key when it comes to discovering the magnificence of Mother Nature, as the hardest trails are sure to bear the sweetest rewards.
In the “Impoverishment of Sightseeing”, John Daniel seeks to inspire readers to experience nature beyond observation. Daniel clearly differentiates between the minute appreciation received from sightseeing, and the aweing admiration you can feel if you engulf yourself in nature. Through sharing his personal experiences and scholarly analysis, Daniel demonstrates the importance of being vulnerable to the environment that is necessary for comprehensively understand nature. He argues by allowing ourselves to be naked to nature, one can understand how the natural World has the power to limit our existence.
From the lone hiker on the Appalachian Trail to the environmental lobby groups in Washington D.C., nature evokes strong feelings in each and every one of us. We often struggle with and are ultimately shaped by our relationship with nature. The relationship we forge with nature reflects our fundamental beliefs about ourselves and the world around us. The works of timeless authors, including Henry David Thoreau and Annie Dillard, are centered around their relationship to nature.
In an interview, Goldsworthy shared his consideration for the relationship with the natural world that evolves around us and him. “There is no doubt that the internal space of a rock or a tree is important to me. But when I get beneath the surface of things, these are not moments of mystery; they are moments of extraordinary clarity” (Adams, 2007)
... conservationism. He is inspiration for all of us to see the natural world as a community to which we belong.
William Wordsworth has respect and has great admiration for nature. This is quite evident in all three of his poems; the Resolution and Independence, Tintern Abbey and Michael in that, his philosophy on the divinity, immortality and innocence of humans are elucidated in his connection with nature. For Wordsworth, himself, nature has a spirit, a soul of its own, and to know is to experience nature with all of your senses. In all three of his poems there are many references to seeing, hearing and feeling his surroundings. He speaks of hills, the woods, the rivers and streams, and the fields. Wordsworth comprehends, in each of us, that there is a natural resemblance to ourselves and the background of nature.
Through the poems of Blake and Wordsworth, the meaning of nature expands far beyond the earlier century's definition of nature. "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." The passion and imagination portrayal manifest this period unquestionably, as the Romantic Era. Nature is a place of solace where the imagination is free to roam. Wordsworth contrasts the material world to the innocent beauty of nature that is easily forgotten, or overlooked due to our insensitivities by our complete devotion to the trivial world. “But yet I know, where’er I go, that there hath passed away a glory from the earth.
In poetry the speaker describes his feelings of what he sees or feels. When Wordsworth wrote he would take everyday occurrences and then compare what was created by that event to man and its affect on him. Wordsworth loved nature for its own sake alone, and the presence of Nature gives beauty to his mind, again only for mind’s sake (Bloom 95). Nature was the teacher and inspirer of a strong and comprehensive love, a deep and purifying joy, and a high and uplifting thought to Wordsworth (Hudson 158). Wordsworth views everything as living. Everything in the world contributes to and sustains life nature in his view.
Some people may claim that they have witnessed nature’s true beauty, but truth is, there is much more to it than meets the eye. Humans can analyze, capture moments, and get clear understandings of nature just from looking at it with the naked eye, but there is so much more we are missing. Some actions in nature occur way too fast for our eyes to realize what has happened, others simply occur too slowly where we fail to recognize a change happening. Other actions in nature are missed because they happen in remote areas where humans are scarcely found, and having the ability to access these areas is not an easy task. The talks I have chosen to write about come from Louie Schwartzberg, whose video is titled “Hidden Miracles of the Natural World”
The Romantic era was an intriguing and captivating period in the history of English literature. It is characterized by having a great sense of individualism, radicalism and a strong emphasis on aesthetic experiences that marked and revolutionized how literature is perceived today. The romantic period is likewise known for having a great focus on nature, an element widely reflected on most literary works during that time. One of the greatest devotees of this theme was William Wordsworth, a British poet who believed that nature was a living character, a deific spirit pervading all its objects (Sonar, 2015). Wordsworth glorified nature and regarded it as a great honourable teacher, protector and healer of humans . He believed that there is a