In this final Journal on the landscapes of the sacred I would
like to take a moment to talk about the difference between space and place in
America. The idea struck me as
incredibly interesting, place being the refuge from the awful and scary space; The
unknown vs. the understood, the contained vs. the wild. As I understand the concept place is
something created by humans that makes sense it has boundaries, you are aware
when you are in it because it is safe and in a way walled in. space on the other hand in wild and
free. It is entirely boundless, the frontier
waiting for someone brave enough to enter and settle it. People use place to escape space, people seem
by the definitions of these two concepts to only want to spend a certain amount
of time out in space. Space provides
temporarily relief from the everyday hustle and bustle. However, people want to return before too
long to the place that they know and understand because there are no unknown
fears, nothing that we do not know about.
I think that people are certainly more afraid of things that they do not
understand or when they are unaware of what might happen. In place there may be harm that can be caused
but they are all things that people are well versed in, space on the other hand
is anything but well known. It really
makes you realize the bravery of pioneer and frontiersmen no matter what the field of study or work is,
pushing boundary of place into space could possibly be one of the most
dangerous activities to be taken up.
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