Art and Nature
The German genius, Goethe, is known for many facets of his work, his poetry, his study of color, his scientific discoveries. From all this observation and experience, he saw that art was the continuation of nature. For Goethe, who lived about two hundred years ago, the union nature and art was understood to be an organic process.
In our time, “AEA” or “Art and Environmental Awareness,” as mentioned in yesterday’s blog, could be a new catch phrase to motivate all of us in South Haven.
To think of a union of minds and hopes to join art and nature, is to coordinate a vision, to join art and nature, and see it as an alternative plan for economic development in our community.
A suggested idea for a new part of the CPA campaign is for “South Haven’s Art and Environmental Awareness” , an idea I put forward as a suggestion to inspire us towards different ways of considering development for the lands off of Dunkley Avenue and for the preservation of Celery Pond, to which this blog is dedicated.
If the lands are kept in public hands, we, as a community, could work together to create an alternative plan with these public lands. If given the time and opportunity to work with a landscape architect, we might want to see a sculpture park alongside the riverfront, or even an open air amphitheater, along with the other ideas.
Save the Wetland and consider South Haven’s Art and Environmental Awareness(SHAEA) potential for the Dunkley lands…it reminds me of the word Shalom. Indeed: Shalom.
