Comments on: Slavoj Wonders as he Wanders in the Trash http://www.projectfreerange.com/2010/01/17/slavoj-wonders-as-he-wanders-in-the-trash/ The City, Design, Politics and Pirates Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:53:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gina http://www.projectfreerange.com/2010/01/17/slavoj-wonders-as-he-wanders-in-the-trash/#comment-78 gina Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:31:40 +0000 http://freerange.editkid.com/2010/01/17/slavoj-wonders-as-he-wanders-in-the-trash/#comment-78 Interesting... I have to say it is hard to follow his logic. I like his comparison of our idealisation of nature with being in love with someone - that if you really love someone then you accept them with all their flaws and that we need to love rubbish just as much as the beautiful things in nature. For sure. He talks about the concept of a balanced ecosystem being our contemporary religion. That we are idealising nature and not realy engaging with it. That is fair. We should try and accept both the beauty and the challenges that come with living within an ecosystem. That doesn't seem like a path toward artificiality... Interesting… I have to say it is hard to follow his logic. I like his comparison of our idealisation of nature with being in love with someone – that if you really love someone then you accept them with all their flaws and that we need to love rubbish just as much as the beautiful things in nature. For sure.
He talks about the concept of a balanced ecosystem being our contemporary religion. That we are idealising nature and not realy engaging with it.
That is fair. We should try and accept both the beauty and the challenges that come with living within an ecosystem. That doesn’t seem like a path toward artificiality…

]]> By: Nick http://www.projectfreerange.com/2010/01/17/slavoj-wonders-as-he-wanders-in-the-trash/#comment-77 Nick Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:10:32 +0000 http://freerange.editkid.com/2010/01/17/slavoj-wonders-as-he-wanders-in-the-trash/#comment-77 I'm down with that. Its Urbanism 101 right? Smaller, denser cities (more artificial). It's Anti-Auckland :) I’m down with that. Its Urbanism 101 right? Smaller, denser cities (more artificial). It’s Anti-Auckland :)

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