Nature vs. Man (The Ups and Downs)

Why is it that manmade items have such a different impact on humans than items that Mother Nature herself created?  It can’t be that man lacks the creative power to create items varying in design and form….have you seen New York City?

Is it the ease of replication…replication…replication…replication…replication…that makes these objects (buildings, cars, photographs, computers) so unstimulating?  When was the last time that a skyscraper got your heart pumping?

But mountains: Mountains are big

But Rivers: Rivers are strong

But Redwood Trees: They are TALL (They contain their own ecosystem within their branches)

Perhaps it is the lack of nature in man’s life that causes him to become so cold, so harsh, so unsatisfied.  How can one neglect their own creator, without nature to shape us, we would be nothing.  Without nature we would be without evolution, change, progress.  It is the powerful winds of a hurricane, the shaking of the ground in an earthquake, and a devastating flood that brings humans together.

(Times Square Subway Flooded)

Skyscraper : Mountain

Telephone Pole : Tree

Highway : River

Often it is the item being copied that can be blamed for disaster. (September 11^th, Drunk Driving Accident, Polluted Roadways)  

Are we blind?  We can gather control of our world, of our lives, of these disasters…