Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Pastoral, Sublime, and YIN YANG Natures!

Sublime and Pastoral Natures are defined by humans; therefore, they have to exist because we exist. As the distance of one point is relative to the position of another point, the Sublime and Pastoral are relative to our existence: the emotions these two types of Nature elicit from us are the very things that define them. But in my opinion, I think there should be another type of Nature in which humans can live harmoniously in. Lets call this the "Yin Yang Nature" for obvious purposes. One way or another, we're constantly living in either the Sublime Nature, Pastoral Nature, or Yin Yang Nature. We get to choose where we stay, but we cannot escape the three doors that lead different paths. If we decide to live the life of a normal Menlo student (or any person living in the technologically developed world), we would be living in the Pastoral Nature because civilized human life is determined by the conquering of Nature's crudeness. Lets say you decide to escape the banality and superficiality of the technical world. You let Nature nurture and feed you as you relish and admire its beauty. This would be an example of the Yin Yang Nature: humans coexisting with Nature. Finally, you come across one of those ineffably magnificent things: the things that completely deluge your mind with awe. Be it a desert with no visible end or an enormous waterfall that can eat up anything that dares to trespass, these are all examples of Sublime Nature, the inexorable force that has complete control over humans.

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