Thursday, 13th
September, 2012
Lackan Bay, Mayo
Woke up to a clean 1’-2’. Joy
With the day came the wind. Howling
westerlies blew off-shore making conditions very unfavourable. The wind I could
cope with but the waves mostly closed-out. Maybe later?
Progress – Vernon states is a relatively recent notion
that developed out of the Renaissance relating to “the organizing principle of
social life and human learning within the West”. (Vernon. 2012. P.61)
Francis Bacon (1561-1626) believed
that “we can no longer be “lookers on”, passive contemplators of Nature and her
mysteries, but must connect to this mission, to progress”. (Vernon. 2012. P63)
Yet for the most, it seems to me that we still seem to be passive observers as
photography and painting often highlight.
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Copyright Mark King 2012
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