Final Thoughts Inspired

My final thoughts about the power of nature and the relationship of human kind with the force of nature came after reading a great blog post by Nicole Noelliste, entitled The Destructive Power of Nature. Up to this point, therefore, throughout the whole semester I focused on the strict relationship and evidence of the inevitable human connection with nature. However, I looked at the relationship through the prism of positive background and sort of "sunny side" of nature's existence in human characteristics. Lines like "This poem reminded me of how powerful nature is in comparison to human kin" made me realize one thing. I have failed to even think about that aspect of nature throughout the semester. However I would have to kindly disagree with the statement made in Nicole's blog. Even though her work made me realize the destructive aspect of nature I cannot abandon the notion of nature being a building block of human character. Nicole shows us the inverse relationship: most of the time the ballads talked about the negative human impact on the natural world and the separation from it and Nicole shows the negative impact of nature on what is human. Noelliste reminds us of the natural disasters in her blog for example: The earthquake in Haiti or the hurricane Katrina, which are undoubtfully great examples of nature's fury. However, I would like to point out that human nature is closely realted to the natural world. Humans, despite the modern separation from nature, are a mirror image of the characteristics of the natural world, even the destructive side of it. Let's look at a very current event like the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Due to human activity and the never ending need to make money, thousands of species are in danger. This is just a relatively mild example, which can be contributed not necessarily to deliberate activity due to human nature. However I do have a more aparent one. Nature can be destructive at times but so can humans. Best example is World War II. Human fury and madness had caused destruction and death on a scale which is uncomparable to Hurricane Katrina and Haitian earthquake combined. Countless wars and conflicts represent the dark side of human natural heritage. The characteristics of nature, the good and the bad, are a building block for human behavior and tendencies. Despite the fact that we get to be more and more separated from the natural world and trapped in the synthetic human environment we behave like nature because we are a part of it. Whether we like it or not, we are the reflection of what is natural. I can only hope that people will realize that one day, and try to emphasize the beautiful aspect of our natural heritage, so far the human kind is great at showing off it's fury and destructiveness rather than the beauty and peace. One can only hope that the earth won't have to look at the terrible scenes like the one above ever again. The picture was taken in Poland after the German invasion; it depicts the outcomes of human fury in the most drastic way possible.