Blog #7 Austin Justice

The 2005 documentary by German director, Grizzly Man, opened my eyes to the true essence of interacting with the natural environment. I've never before desired to purchase any film viewed from the comfort of a classroom, until now. Timothy Treadwell lived an extremely interesting life, spending 13 summers amongst wild animals in the Alaskan wilderness. It is not his death that defined him, but rather his resillience and his approach to living in the moment and seizing the day. I greatly appreciated the personal perspective of Timothy in attempting to conserve and preserve the natural world and to stray away from assigning intrinsic value to certain plants or animals. By increasing our own awareness, in terms of gaining new information and knowledge of the natural environment, humanity can come to a more complete comprehension of an appropriate aesthetic appreciation of nature.