What Is "Natural"?
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What you see here is a page of my hypertext book Me, Looking for Meaning. Initially empty, it will slowly be filled with thoughts, notes, and quotes. One day, I will use them to write a coherent entry, similar to these completed pages. See this post to better understand my creative process. Thank you for your interest and patience! :)
What you see here is a page of my hypertext book Me, Looking for Meaning. Initially empty, it will slowly be filled with thoughts, notes, and quotes. One day, I will use them to write a coherent entry, similar to these completed pages. See this post to better understand my creative process. Thank you for your interest and patience! :)
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Woodland You
by Jarod K. Anderson
It’s easy to look at the contours of a forest and feel
a bone deep love for nature.
It’s less easy to remember that the contours of your own body
represent the exact same nature.
The pathways of your mind.
Your dreams,
dark and strange as sprouts curling beneath a flat rock.
Your regret,
bitter as the citrus rot of old cut grass.
It’s the same as the nature you make time to love.
That you practice loving.
The forest. The meadow. The sweeping arm of a galaxy.
You are as natural as any postcard landscape
and deserve the same love.
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Harari: nature allows, culture prohibits
our behavior is a combination on nature and culture and we might never be able to say where one end and the pther one starts
but isn't culture part of nature?
Discourse about culture and biology. What comes from society and what is determined by biology? This is a tricky conversation for many reasons, for example due to its connection with the history or racism. Archaeologist Chris Gosden considers that “racism occurs when judgements about people always proceed from their physical features of their body; when biology is given social force” [ from Gosden, Chris. 2006. “Race and Racism in Archaeology: Introduction.” World Archaeology 38, no. 1: 1–7] pages 2-3).
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Woodland You
by Jarod K. Anderson
It’s easy to look at the contours of a forest and feel
a bone deep love for nature.
It’s less easy to remember that the contours of your own body
represent the exact same nature.
The pathways of your mind.
Your dreams,
dark and strange as sprouts curling beneath a flat rock.
Your regret,
bitter as the citrus rot of old cut grass.
It’s the same as the nature you make time to love.
That you practice loving.
The forest. The meadow. The sweeping arm of a galaxy.
You are as natural as any postcard landscape
and deserve the same love.
——--
Harari: nature allows, culture prohibits
our behavior is a combination on nature and culture and we might never be able to say where one end and the pther one starts
but isn't culture part of nature?
Discourse about culture and biology. What comes from society and what is determined by biology? This is a tricky conversation for many reasons, for example due to its connection with the history or racism. Archaeologist Chris Gosden considers that “racism occurs when judgements about people always proceed from their physical features of their body; when biology is given social force” [ from Gosden, Chris. 2006. “Race and Racism in Archaeology: Introduction.” World Archaeology 38, no. 1: 1–7] pages 2-3).
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