Micro-Landscapes of the AnthropoceneMain MenuMarginal WorldsPlant WorldsAnimal WorldsAmy Huang, Natasha Stavreski and Rose RzepaWatery WorldsInsect WorldsBird-Atmosphere WorldsContributed by Gemma and MerahExtinctionsMarginal WorldsSam, Zach and AlexE-ConceptsAn emergent vocabulary of eco-concepts for the late AnthropoceneSigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7d
Response to 'The "Art-Earth'"
12022-11-13T17:16:53-08:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7d309861plain2022-11-13T17:16:53-08:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7dAfter reading ‘The “Art- Earth”’ its core meaning profusely resonated with me, particularly with my own eco-concept that I have been experimenting with, ‘nature inscape’. In this piece, the author wrote “our garbage is not separate from the world but dangerously entangled with it” evoked an emotional response from myself to understand and appreciate the colossal damage plastic and littering has caused the natural world. This piece of literature is quite provoking as I felt shame after reading about how deliberate human destruction to the natural world through plastic has destroyed all parts of the Earth ranging from plants to animals. Lastly, after learning about the ways plastic fails to decompose but rather invades and infiltrates the environment in unwanted ways, was a significant awakening moment to realise the detrimental impacts human beings have been causing and continue to cause by disregarding the connectedness of the natural and unnatural world. Hereby, this piece proves that the only way forward is for humans to embark on an ecology of repair and begin to unlearn our previous perceptions about the natural world.