The Understanding of Nature is in the Eye of the Beholder
Nature is usually seen as being one with the trees and animals, but nature is a mixture between trees, animals, space, and life all around and in the universe. The sources read that and chosen had different views of nature, but in the end are very different outlooks. Chief Seattle and Alan Lightman had the endings were a different outlook on nature, they both can be comprehended as true.
Chief Seattle was the chief of the Suquamish Tribe and Duwamish. He was born on 1786 in the Old Man House, Washington and died June 7, 1866 in Port Madison, Washington (Lakw'alas). He did not like the “white man’s” cities that they made, and he had the utmost respect for the land of his people (Seattle). …show more content…
Humans do not need all the machines that people make. Before settlers came to American Native Americas made their own huts, and clothes; they knew how to keep warm during the winter. The Natives did great without the settlers and Chief Seattle knew that when he breath in the air and smelt the pollution being cause by the cities. Chief Seattle wants peace and fresh hair in nature and wants to be able to experience of nature for its true beauty such as hearing the breeze of the wind rustling the leaves of the trees. Alan Lightman was an American physicist. He was born November 28, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee. Lightman and his wife went on a two-week vacation on a sailboat in the Greek islands when he got an epiphany. Lightman and his wife were relaxing in the ocean, going to Hydra when he realized that he could not see the islands anymore and there were not any boats around. The only thing he could see was the horizon line connecting the sky and water when he realized the insignificance of himself (Lightman …show more content…
Just like the earth is a small piece of the universe, Lightman realized that he has been just a scintilla speck in nature. Lightman is using the galaxy as a metaphor to nature. Lightman understands that nature is bigger than humans, so he brings up the universe he talks about how far the closest star is to earth and how long it would take to get to that star (Lightman). He used the Tallulah Falls by George Cooke as an example and described the painting say, “Not only insignificant in size compared with their surroundings, the human beings are mere witnesses to a scene they are not part of and never could be” (Seattle, p.
Nature is usually seen as being one with the trees and animals, but nature is a mixture between trees, animals, space, and life all around and in the universe. The sources read that and chosen had different views of nature, but in the end are very different outlooks. Chief Seattle and Alan Lightman had the endings were a different outlook on nature, they both can be comprehended as true.
Chief Seattle was the chief of the Suquamish Tribe and Duwamish. He was born on 1786 in the Old Man House, Washington and died June 7, 1866 in Port Madison, Washington (Lakw'alas). He did not like the “white man’s” cities that they made, and he had the utmost respect for the land of his people (Seattle). …show more content…
Humans do not need all the machines that people make. Before settlers came to American Native Americas made their own huts, and clothes; they knew how to keep warm during the winter. The Natives did great without the settlers and Chief Seattle knew that when he breath in the air and smelt the pollution being cause by the cities. Chief Seattle wants peace and fresh hair in nature and wants to be able to experience of nature for its true beauty such as hearing the breeze of the wind rustling the leaves of the trees. Alan Lightman was an American physicist. He was born November 28, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee. Lightman and his wife went on a two-week vacation on a sailboat in the Greek islands when he got an epiphany. Lightman and his wife were relaxing in the ocean, going to Hydra when he realized that he could not see the islands anymore and there were not any boats around. The only thing he could see was the horizon line connecting the sky and water when he realized the insignificance of himself (Lightman …show more content…
Just like the earth is a small piece of the universe, Lightman realized that he has been just a scintilla speck in nature. Lightman is using the galaxy as a metaphor to nature. Lightman understands that nature is bigger than humans, so he brings up the universe he talks about how far the closest star is to earth and how long it would take to get to that star (Lightman). He used the Tallulah Falls by George Cooke as an example and described the painting say, “Not only insignificant in size compared with their surroundings, the human beings are mere witnesses to a scene they are not part of and never could be” (Seattle, p.