tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post1812857666062848380..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Teaching Gardens: Aesthetics, Ecology, & Climate ChangeBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-8915394178055283812014-02-03T22:20:16.792-06:002014-02-03T22:20:16.792-06:00This blog hit home and I resonate with: 'gard...This blog hit home and I resonate with: 'garden spaces function to repair or create awareness of the need to repair larger ecosystems around us'...I applaud your facility with language - it's difficult for most of us to communicate the vitality of the connection between us, our gardens and the larger ecosystems around us, but we sense it, we feel it, we know it's true and it'BlackfootNativePlantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13991280322236685877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-48994136211532939572014-01-28T18:11:48.929-06:002014-01-28T18:11:48.929-06:00YESSSSSSS -
I like the way aboriginals and native...YESSSSSSS -<br /><br />I like the way aboriginals and native elders see things - it makes everything make sense to me. Maybe it is the aboriginal blood in my veins! Of course we are part of nature - BUT the Creator put us at the bottom of the food chain, and not the top. I think if everyone thought like many aboriginals do, we would understand our place in the world. If we really "got&Heather/xericstylehttp://www.xericstyle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-8778331319056314432014-01-28T08:23:29.710-06:002014-01-28T08:23:29.710-06:00Heather -- then there's the argument that, wel...Heather -- then there's the argument that, well, aren't humans part of nature? Yes, we are, but that does not then excuse us from destroying it. Clearly we have a different, unique purpose, being the smart, feeling, abstract thinkers we are -- and we are abusing that purpose. Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-63697688028272670412014-01-27T18:45:41.967-06:002014-01-27T18:45:41.967-06:00As always, Benjamin, you get me thinking. Even in...As always, Benjamin, you get me thinking. Even in your "shorter" and less deep posts (if there is such a thing for you) there is always something there that I take away and ponder for days. For me, this time, it is:<br /><br /> "See, we're disconnected from the world. You'll argue we aren't -- why, you just took your dog for a walk in the park this morning. But natureHeather/xericstylehttp://www.xericstyle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-12526987827033764322014-01-24T13:53:28.767-06:002014-01-24T13:53:28.767-06:00It is a fickle word, isn't it. Never thought o...It is a fickle word, isn't it. Never thought of "fickle" but I like it. I guess the problem with any word, especially and abstract one, is it can carry so many different meanings based on personal beliefs and experiences which, for a writer, are impossible to anticipate.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-60264431156782096202014-01-23T15:09:43.080-06:002014-01-23T15:09:43.080-06:00This -- "...I'm always conscious of combi...This -- "...I'm always conscious of combing lyric passages with researched knowledge; when a reader is both enveloped by the beauty of language and its rush of emotion while learning something practical and real... It's fully immersive." -- is particularly wonderful, and I love the application of this to landscapes. I avoid the word "aesthetic", since it is so fickleNancy Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665925486892433788noreply@blogger.com