The
trip to the Lion’s Bridge was a really opening experience. I’ve never had a
class take place outside! When the question “Do trees feel emotions?” was
brought up, I didn’t think you were serious. As I delved further into the
question, I saw that it was a completely relevant claim. “Places themselves
participate in the perception that is made of them” (Lane p.44). When you look
at a tree it is just standing there, not moving and boring. The first thought
that pops into your head is that this object must not be able to think. Simply
because it cannot move doesn’t mean it can’t think. A tree, even more the
forest itself, is very alive. People forget that as well. Think about all the
living material and organisms beneath he soil. There are so many, you may think
they are connected and can talk through each other. Therefore they must be able
to feel emotions. When you stab a hole in a pine tree, is that sap that comes
out, or is it the trees way of crying? Lane says that to experience place, you
must get “involved in touching and being touched by its particular array of
rocks, trees, animals, and geographical features. Which means that you cannot
judge or claim to see everything somewhere unless you have experienced the
entire system of that place.
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