Inquiry #2

1. Myself out at Konza prairie.

 

I choose to use this as my first picture because a lot of what we have talked about in class in the distinction between nature and us. I felt that his scene would depict that we exist in nature and we attribute certain things to help nature develop and also tear it down. Keeping in mind that we are two separate entities that do interact in some shape or form. I look out at this open range and look at the endless possibilities that we could achieve but we are so trapped by our own ignorance that instead of using a lot of resources we limit ourselves with what we can possible achieve.

 

In Cronans article he talks that we only can achieve certain qualifications in our world that we could consider wilderness. With how our world is moving now a days transferring into the Anthropocene we are going to look at other forms of land differently by distinguishing whether or not they are considered wilderness. In my opinion I feel that any place that habitats plant and animal life could be considered wilderness. The determination of wilderness is an endless change and over time it’s going to change on what is considered a wilderness.

 

2. Batteries

 

For my second picture I chose batteries that I found out in the Konza Prairie I chose this because I feel it in a sign of neglect for those that come to this part of nature and confuse it for a dump. I feel people today don’t have the appreciation for nature as there once was. Apart of that is the super advancement of technology where now today you don’t really even have to leave your house to get anything. Technology has taken a front seat to all which devalues nature to people in this time frame.

 

This relates to me with “loving your monsters” we created this drastic change in the world relating to technology. This has been a daily use in our lives for a couple of decades now and we have to live with what it has caused. As moving forward in the Anthropocene I feel that our monsters need to take a back seat to what is ultimately going to help out world and save us from a long binding despair of what our nature/wilderness could turn into. Time to defeat our monsters.

 

3. Green revolution flyer on campus

 

This was most interesting to me because I had seen so many of these flyers around town in my hometown that I saw that same one on campus. However the one that I saw was torn and beat up with stains all over it. Looking at this brought a picture to mind that I felt was adequate for what I was looking at. We as a society are so caught up in what is trending that, which is all we care about. I see someone walking along holding this flyer imaging what good they could do by changes they could make. Then realizing what work that would take and just tossing this aside like its yesterdays new. I know that this seems like a low point of view but just from what I’ve seen in the world from how people actually react to changes that would benefit they only want to be apart of the group and participate whenever it was convenient to them.

 

When learning how to die in the Anthropocene this is statement made about leaving marks on a world after you leave, and what marks you want those to be. When looking at our world I think there is a lot of talk about what they could do to leave behind a better world then what they had. Although the effort to take action is lower then the actual ideas created to do such things.

 

 

“What do you want your legacy to be”