Guy and Laura Waterman were/are the spirits of consideration and the values they write about kindled part of my love of the land. I never met Guy, Laura once and her caring soft spoken manner remains with me.
I am no fan of tech in the outdoors. I have lots of opinions about location devices. We need individuals, and society at large, to want to protect vast spaces of land. We also need them to understand their impact.
I agree, Stacy. The Watermans put words to what I was thinking (but could not articulate). Their passionate advocacy of wilderness remains a constant guide for me.
This morning I read an article about iPhone’s new satellite messaging becoming standard. If this is the trajectory of our tech use, I find myself in spiraling thought about whether wilderness can even exist anymore.
Robert Mcfarlane (in Mountains of the Mind, I think) spends some time on the definition of wilderness, pointing to the "er" and its apparent origin in "deor", its Old English meaning being "beast", particularly "wild beast" - making wilderness a place of wild beasts. I like this. It makes wilderness an undomesticated, uncultivated place, non-human place, but a habited place nonetheless. It seems to subtly but deliberately avoid suggesting "barren wasteland".
Guy and Laura Waterman were/are the spirits of consideration and the values they write about kindled part of my love of the land. I never met Guy, Laura once and her caring soft spoken manner remains with me.
I am no fan of tech in the outdoors. I have lots of opinions about location devices. We need individuals, and society at large, to want to protect vast spaces of land. We also need them to understand their impact.
I agree, Stacy. The Watermans put words to what I was thinking (but could not articulate). Their passionate advocacy of wilderness remains a constant guide for me.
This morning I read an article about iPhone’s new satellite messaging becoming standard. If this is the trajectory of our tech use, I find myself in spiraling thought about whether wilderness can even exist anymore.
Like you say, society must realize their impact.
Thanks for reading.
Another good read, raising important questions.
Robert Mcfarlane (in Mountains of the Mind, I think) spends some time on the definition of wilderness, pointing to the "er" and its apparent origin in "deor", its Old English meaning being "beast", particularly "wild beast" - making wilderness a place of wild beasts. I like this. It makes wilderness an undomesticated, uncultivated place, non-human place, but a habited place nonetheless. It seems to subtly but deliberately avoid suggesting "barren wasteland".
Wow, very cool insight, Theo. I'm going to check out Mcfarlane. Thank you for sharing this with me.