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• 1 2018-10-18T02:03:09-07:00 Ashleigh- note 5 5 plain 2018-10-25T08:51:59-07:00 I find the concept of 'genuine meanings' existing behind our surface-level understandings of existence to be an extremely interesting concept. Connecting this to extinctions, it is apparent that we structure our understandings of the world around dominant social narratives. The assumptions, for instance, that extinction is irreversible and time is linear remain prevalent in society today, despite science having already proven otherwise. It is important to recognise that what is real and genuine does not always align with what we believe.
  Linking back to the concept of global, ecological interactions, 'genuine meanings' enable human kind to reconnect with the natural world. The natural world is not simply a different space, but a different idea. We re enter it when we become aware of how its processes interact with us. 
  This brought to mind a short documentary on how wolves- through their interactions with other beings, which in turn interact differently with the surrounding world- are able to change the course of rivers. The wolves have no independent ability to do this, the process depends entirely upon interactions, which cause observable physical effects. This really reinforced for me how necessary the connections between beings really are, and processes like this can occur without us even noticing or attempting to apply meaning to it.
  
  Our beliefs frame our existence, as we live and act in accordance with them, and they resultantly mediate our interactions within the world and thus impact the world itself. But so too does the world around us perform its own interactions which require no meaning to be applied to them; they simply exist.