Human Values In Incarnation And Touching The Earth By Bell Hooks

Where we live and make our lives defines who we are and what connection we have to the world around us. The world itself is an incredible and mystical place, although most of us live such busy and modernized lives, we tend to forget about the world’s beauty and its natural gifts. Incarnation by Kenneth Rexroth and Touching the Earth by Bell Hooks meets course goal number seven, these readings help enhance the student’s understanding of the value of holistic thinking in making informed judgments’ and in applying values as they become increasingly conscious of what is at stake if we fail to understand the relationship between human culture and the environment. These readings not only express the importance of the world we live in, they also explain how inhabiting a place can shape our lives by meaningful experiences. In the poem Incarnation, by Kenneth Rexroth, we dive into a poem full of passion and respect. Rexroth speaks volumes when he describes the land he has before him with such love, a love that is equivalent to loving a woman. A love and respect so deep, that his choice in words shocks us. In line eleven he says “A Human thing in the empty mountains” refereeing to himself as a meaningless object …show more content…
This story in particular speaks of Black African Americans living a rural life in the 1950’s, a time where racism and segregation was alive and well. Nonetheless, black individuals take their experiences with the land and make it a part of their culture and lives. The story speaks of a simple time, when children played in the dirt, the same dirt that is the soil for life on this planet. Where black people took pride in admiring their crop fields, filled with colorful vegetables. They were proud of what their hands could cultivate and if treated with love and respect, the earth would gift them with the most beautiful sources of