Re: (Re)Introduction, Art, Nature, Periods of the Day

In a message dated 2003:06:03 03:49:09 PM, yasmin writes:

>I wonder if the concept of the Japanese garden, etc.
>is not one of nature tamed, but of nature fulfilling
>itself... if truly seen from the perspective of
>"humans=nature".
    Very well put! I wish I had written _that_!

>  How many insects, animals, even
>plants organize spaces in nature to make them more
>amenable to whatever use is intended?  Very many
>indeed... Is theirs too a defense against nature?  Or
>is that a particular way of looking at a
>near-universal activity of nature's denizens?
    Intriguing questions/points.

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