“There is no Sleepy Hollow on the Internet, no peaceful spot where contemplativeness can work its restorative magic. There is only the endless, mesmerizing buzz of the urban street.” Nicholas Carr, from The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains (New York: Norton, 2010)
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Blog #7
On a rainy and stormy day like today, it is hard to appreciate nature. I'd rather sit inside and isolate myself from the outdoors as opposed to emerging myself and getting soaked by it. In regards to today, I rather use Allen Carlson's landscape model, to view the outdoors as a picture or scene as opposed to reality. In order to appreciate such a stormy day, I may need to take into consideration the scientific knowledge behind the rainy season and the growth the rain is promoting.
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