“Landscape is a way of investigating and interpreting these sources of ourselves. Inevitably, though, the paths we choose to approach it- words, pictures, music, dance, gardens, sports- lead us only to points of view which are full of vision, but short of whole sight”
-Landscape Is a Point of View, by Gregory Conniff
I found this short assessment of landscape extremely interesting and applicable to our class as a whole. It is difficult to have a broad view on anything in life because every person comes from their own unique backgrounds. Depending on these backgrounds, no two people can have the same thoughts or opinions on all subjects. Experiences lead us to have points of view on anything.
I think that is what helps make our class much more interesting and helpful. The more people with different backgrounds in life we have in a discussion, the more points of view we have. Because of this the discussions become much richer.
This is something I want to keep in mind for this class and for the rest of life itself. Keep in mind other backgrounds, and be open to listening to others thoughts on a situation.
This occurs in class all the time. Reading several articles and sources about Puritans gave me a better understanding of them. Before I had a much more limited view of them, but after reading these articles and having our class time, more points of view gave me better insight on the topic.
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