I liked Carol's closing lines and ID very much (below) and felt moved to
share this on the subject of "Wild and Beautiful": From Chang Tsai's
(1020- 1077, China) *Western Inscription*:
"Heaven is my father and Earth is my mother, and even such a small
creature as I finds an intimate place in their midst.
Therefore that which fills the universe I regard as my body and that
which directs the universe I consider as my nature.
All people are my brothers and sisters, and all things are my
companions."
To me this refined aesthetic appreciation is the heart of the Buddha
nature and the way of oneness with nature.
Is the grass against being cut?
Cheers,
ps
Carol Meeds wrote:
>
> I like the idea of a desert garden. I live on a coastal ridge in South
> Florida and sand spurs are the most hearty grass/weed in my yard. Though
> it is dry on the sand, we are subject to frequent (daily) rains. It
> makes this type of lawn/front yard very challenging. I've planted a lot
> of trees and shrubs and keep the sandspurs mowed, but would appreciate
> more suggestions that are not real work intensive
>
> We ARE the ones we have been waiting for!
> When the people lead, the leaders follow!
> Carol - mother, chemist, warrior, Woman!
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jun 21 03:17:10 1996
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 10:15:21 BST
From: Richard Twine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 'Wild' and 'beautiful'?
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well Stephen, I basically agree with everything you say, I
do not intend to be anti-aesthetic but I am critical of the
belief that our judgements of aesthetics are seen as 'natural'
and also of the dominance of vision over other senses.
I agree that the development of lawns and 'ordered' gardens
was directly related to symbolic expressions of economic
power, BUT also domination over nature. Is there not a
contextual connection between the development of such
gardens and places such as Kew Gardens in London which
were bound up in the colonial project, not only in terms of
colonising 'other' countries but of exploiting the nature of
these countries and bringing them back for display. I'm not
sure about this but I am sure that it is not usually helpful
to separate economic and cultural deployments of power as
they are typically interlinked.
Anyway I am similarly aware that we are colonising
this thread so I'll shut myself up or e-mail privately....
Richard :-)
P.S not quite sure why my name has been distorted recently
but nevermind, think it's cos I was at another computer!
