The Beauty of Agriculture
The Boseong Tea Plantation is one of Korea's most spectatular sights:
As much as I love "unspoiled" Nature, I find agricultural and pastoral landscapes even more beautiful. It would be misanthropic to speak of the above scene as "spoiled." Rather, it depicts Man's stewardship over Nature.
Mr. Wendell Berry of Kentucky writes extensively on this theme in The Unsettling of America -- Culture & Agriculture. He mentions how Chinese landscapes almost always depict men and their structures amid spectacular scenic beauty. He takes on conservationists who only want to preserve wildness, but have no interest in Man's healthy living from Nature.
It is wrong to see Man as nothing more than a part of Nature, but it is equally wrong to think that Man can live apart from Nature.
The Boseong Tea Plantation is one of Korea's most spectatular sights:
[image from A walk in green terraced tea plantation]
As much as I love "unspoiled" Nature, I find agricultural and pastoral landscapes even more beautiful. It would be misanthropic to speak of the above scene as "spoiled." Rather, it depicts Man's stewardship over Nature.
Mr. Wendell Berry of Kentucky writes extensively on this theme in The Unsettling of America -- Culture & Agriculture. He mentions how Chinese landscapes almost always depict men and their structures amid spectacular scenic beauty. He takes on conservationists who only want to preserve wildness, but have no interest in Man's healthy living from Nature.
It is wrong to see Man as nothing more than a part of Nature, but it is equally wrong to think that Man can live apart from Nature.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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