i think it's sort of a lament... for a simpler time, a time of working with your hands and actually making something practical and beautiful-- the mountaineers building their own houses. he seems to be saying with all the new industries (hundreds and hundreds of chemicals) we've lost ourselves... i dunno how to describe exactly what it says to me but it makes me want to get away from the cities and back to the basics of human life.
@lura04 I think that's part of it, but there's a Hegelian dialectic thing going on too. where he says a change or two (around this place) after the thought we were devoid part he's basically saying we don't have to start over again to get back to that simpler time, the roots of that simpler time remain in the world he laments.
the place is a parable for our modern life, a cut-up, abstracted society with no reference to the organic materials and diy or hire a friend way of life of the many generations that preceded us. ...
@lura04 I think that's part of it, but there's a Hegelian dialectic thing going on too. where he says a change or two (around this place) after the thought we were devoid part he's basically saying we don't have to start over again to get back to that simpler time, the roots of that simpler time remain in the world he laments.
the place is a parable for our modern life, a cut-up, abstracted society with no reference to the organic materials and diy or hire a friend way of life of the many generations that preceded us. but nothing that was here before is gone. it's just a mindset - if you want to build a cabin in the woods, grab an axe & run into the forest.
i think it's sort of a lament... for a simpler time, a time of working with your hands and actually making something practical and beautiful-- the mountaineers building their own houses. he seems to be saying with all the new industries (hundreds and hundreds of chemicals) we've lost ourselves... i dunno how to describe exactly what it says to me but it makes me want to get away from the cities and back to the basics of human life.
@lura04 I think that's part of it, but there's a Hegelian dialectic thing going on too. where he says a change or two (around this place) after the thought we were devoid part he's basically saying we don't have to start over again to get back to that simpler time, the roots of that simpler time remain in the world he laments. the place is a parable for our modern life, a cut-up, abstracted society with no reference to the organic materials and diy or hire a friend way of life of the many generations that preceded us. ...
@lura04 I think that's part of it, but there's a Hegelian dialectic thing going on too. where he says a change or two (around this place) after the thought we were devoid part he's basically saying we don't have to start over again to get back to that simpler time, the roots of that simpler time remain in the world he laments.
the place is a parable for our modern life, a cut-up, abstracted society with no reference to the organic materials and diy or hire a friend way of life of the many generations that preceded us. but nothing that was here before is gone. it's just a mindset - if you want to build a cabin in the woods, grab an axe & run into the forest.