CITIES AND NATURE
by contemplativeinquiry
Reflections by Crafter Yearly on avoiding “the dualism between the Nature and the human-made world”.
(Above: Design and think tank group, Rollerhaus, re-imagines an eco-centric future vision of Chicago.)
Since I was small, I have always loved cities. When I am in them, I feel a kind of expansiveness that is unique to my experience of a city. When I walk down streets surrounded by tall buildings, or when I wait for a train, I feel small in the best possible way. Human activity feels big. Limitless. The impossibility of knowing everyone or everything happening in that moment is humbling and exciting. Like there are possibilities too numerous to even consider. Thousands of lives I could choose for myself, magnified and made more intoxicating because of my close proximity to thousands or millions of others, each with their own set of impossibly diverse opportunities for building a life and a self.
I am an advocate for cities. And given the option, I would choose…
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