We are now confronting some of the dislocation, uncertainty and fear that peoples have dealt with throughout history. Post war Americans who believed we are exceptional are finding otherwise.
One selfish reason to preserve Nature is the beauty and comfort that it brings. Of course, there are many other, better reasons to preserve the natural world and its creatures.
There is more on 'Treasures of Ancient Egypt: Sunken Cities' under the July posts.
These statues were made in Egypt between about 500 BC and 200 AD. The religious temples and cities were defaced and later covered by the Mediterranean and only rediscovered 2,000 years later. One can witness the Egyptian religion dealing with death and the transfer of power. How haunting and beautiful these monuments are.
Why are so many trees dying?
https://www.oregonmetro.gov/news/why-are-so-many-trees-dying
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/forests/health-managment/why-are-my-trees-dying
https://phys.org/news/2020-07-trees-dying-key-carbon.html
STORM KING ART CENTER: https://stormking.org/about/
Displays sculpture in the landscape.
A good place to feel expansiveness and explore monumentality.
New Yorker article, 'Returning to Storm King:' https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/08/31/returning-to-storm-king
"River Light," above, by Kiki Smith (2019). The flags have white patterns that could be images of reflection in water or a map of the universe.
This Andy Goldsworthy wall at Storm King Art Center is 2,778 feet long and used 1,579 tons of fieldstone.
Andy Goldsworthy, "Storm King Wall (1997-1998). https://stormking.org/artist/andy-goldsworthy/
It takes the longest sinuous path possible on the edge of a regenerating woodland, goes through a pond and then turns into a straight line through a field, ending up at a highway. It has a lot to say about inclusion and exclusion, creating relationships and beauty. Oh, and change and death.
Andy Goldsworthy, "Five Men, Seventeen Days, Fifteen Boulders, One Wall" (2010)
This later wall follows the sinuous example of the earlier 1997/1998 wall, but this time with local stones and boulders (instead of trees). It also manages to evoke relationships rather than exclusion. https://collections.stormking.org/Detail/objects/106
An old hunting camp on the northwest side of the Adirondacks near Harrisville, NY.
The Oswegatchie River has a complicated drainage system in northwestern New York State. It basically drains the west side of the Adirondacks northwest into the Saint Lawrence River.
A few pictures of the Middle Branch southeast of Harrisville New York.
https://naturalatlas.com/rivers/middle-branch-oswegatchie-980339
Like many of my pictures, these do not highlight people.
It is just easier, especially in the age of Coronavirus, to not intrude on the privacy of others.
Also, people tend to so often grab the spotlight; it can be a visual exercise to look outside the frame of faces.
