in su b o rd in a te, lic e n tio u s. d»solute loose.
Mild and i«*anton w id e n es
to ll
of belia,nor
/A ugust *
VK itzncf
Iditor s Note Jins month Muausto is in tfu
llo n d u Li n a iad es w ith Iku io I fair nail of
radio station K *114N 1*1. Mstotia. Jlu two
arc nssessina hurricane damaoc urvl fuibital
restoration foi tlu inrr Slums Sw allowtail
butter flu In Muqustu s observe this month
we toot fur a d v iica rv ! perused acopq of
luwu Snuder s Jh< PiiH tuc of the Mild Hu
followiru) is on excerpt from tfu chapter Hu
1 liquet tc of 1 i a d o rn XI thow #r tukin out of
context frocti the bioiuter cssaqs it s a fine
foundation on which to beam anq dialoaru
coticermnq wilderness. Me hop* Hicse words
mill tantalize uou into i .udm q Snqdir s
entire boot
Hu Moufs SuZ/z/c. 4-VZzX and Wilderness
Juke nature first Hu word nature is from
Latin n a ttu a birth, constitution iharaeter.
course of tfururs
ultim ate!q from zwmck to
be born So mv fiaiT na/tert nattd. rm tne,
pvettn tw t the probable Irvio I uiopean toot
(m a (»reef. </ua fierier coqnate aqruite > is aen
Sanskrit zazd. w huh provides q»W47o/vmwi
urru/s as well as k tn and k in d .
Hie won! nets twosliqfrtlq different
nuuutnqs I.Hie is tfu outdoors
tfu
phusiral u ’oiid iruluditiq all iu ’inq tfunas.
N atuie bu this d efin ition is a norm of tfu
world tfuit is apart from tfu features or
prrxliuts of civilization and hurtuin w ill Ihe
rruufuru. the artifact, tfu devised, or tfu
extraordiruuq ((ike a tu ’O funded cuff) IS
spoken of as unnatural
Ihe other
rneantnq. which is bt outlet. is tfu material
ivoifd or its roifer tii-r ih ieitsa rv l
phenomena . incfudtnq the products of
hum an actions and inte ntion Ms an uurrirq
nature is defined as tfu cicutivc and
tequlotive ph usual power which is lorveivtd
of as operntnu] m tfu m aterial world and as
tfu im m ediate cause of off its phenomena
Science and some sorts of nuisticisrn ru#itlq
propose that n-n ift/n ru j ts natural Bq tfusr
iiqfits tfurr is notfunq unnatural about V ii'
Ifork Irtif or toxic w astes, or atom ic erunru.
and notfunq
bq d efuiiton
that wr do or
experience in life is unnatural
•Ifu supei not ur al •* One waq to deaf with
it is to saq tfuit tfu- supernatural ' is a narru
foi pfienonuna which are irported bq so feu*
fwople as to leave their iralitq in doubt.
Nonetfulrss tfuse events
qhosts. qods,
rnoqicol transform ations, and such
are
described often errouqh to make them
contiruu to be inttiqum q and, for sonu
credible )
Hu pfrqsical universe and all its properties
I ii’oulil prefer to use the ivord nature in
tfus sense. But it w ill corru up rncanrnq tfu
outdoors or otfur than hurrwin sonuttm es
even furr.
Ihe word zzz/z/ is like a qtaq fox trottovi off
tfu ouqh tfu foi est durkrnq behind bushes,
itoinq m and out of siqfit. Up close, fu st
alance, it is unid
tlien further into tfu
woods r u 't alance it 5 tvr#d arvl it recedes
ma Old Norse zt/Zz arid Hd feutonic zc-zZ/Z/c/zz.’
into a faint pie feutonic tfm e lttfp s which
m eans, s t ill. w ild arvl mm
wooded f terdd
I arvl lurks bark tfurr until possible
conructions tozvzZ4 to la t ín sd ivi < forest,
sarwuqe), and to the Indo l u i opean root
tjftuTr, base of Latin ferns (feral, fierce I.
which swtnqs us around to Thoreau s aw ful
(entri slimed bq virtuous peoples and lovers.
Hu Oxford Lnrjfish lhctionarq has it tfus
way:
Of anim als
not tam e, u n d on u sticoted ,
urirulq.
Of plants
not nd tivnted
Of land
uninhabited, uncultivated
Of foodetops
pioduced or qielded
w ithout r »dtivation.
Of societies
u rvivilizrd , rude resistiría
constituted qoiernrnrnt.
Of in d iv id u als
unrestrained.
mote nt destructive, cruet,
urirulq.
Of behavior
artless fire spontaneous
Marble his nati it wood notes w ild
John
*1lltO”
W ild is Ini aelq defined in our dictionaries
bq what
from a hum an standpoint
it is
not It rnnriot be seen bu tins approach for
what it ts. lu m it the otfur waq
of anim als
free uqrnts each w ith Ms
own endowm ents livtnq w ith in natural
si (stems.
Of plants
self pr optqutm q,
self m a m tn in in q , ffoui is f t in q m iviord w i th
innate qualities
Of (and
a ptiur where tfu onqinul arvl
potential vrqitation and faurvi me intact arvl
m full inter im turn and tfu (and form s are
entirrfq tfw result of nimliunvin forces.
Pristine.
Of foodcrops
food supplies made
uvatloblf arvl sustainable bq tfu rvituml
exress and rxuberarwe of w ild jrlants in then
qroiidh arvl in tfu production of quantities of
fruit or seeds
Of societies societies whose order fuis
qrown from within and is uunntuiruif bq tfu
force of consensus arid custom rutfui tlww
explicit (eaisiatiori Primarq cultuirs, which
rnnstdei themselves thrortaiual arvl eternal
inhabitants of thetr rerrttorq Sot trtics
u h ich resist eronomie arvl political
dom ination bq nm fizntron Sew irties nhose
economic siptcm is in a dost and sustainable
ielation to tfu (oral etc sifstcrn
Of ind ividu als
f(4lowtnq lo t iv custom ,
stirfe, and etiqiiefte w ithout corvein for tfu
standards of tfu metropolis or nearest
tradirvi post Umntirruduted, seif reliant
tndeperwlent. Proud arvl free.
Of befiamor
fieirrlq irsrsfirvi anq
oppression, tonftnemerrt, or r »pkntutrori
far out otitraqrous bud admirable
Of brhamor
artless, free spontzmeous
unconditioned 1 xpressiiT, phifstcal, openlq
sexual ecstatic.
^lost of tfu senses in this second srt of
de f r rut ions r o w i*riq Hose to betnq how the
Chinese define tfu term /♦/« tfuz/izc/ of (unit
Nature eludiuq unulqsis beifond catrqor les
self or'wimzirtq, self t nf or nn ru<. pdtuif u l,
surprising, i rn p rrm an ro t. in su b stan tial,
independent, complete, order!q. qrimedtated .
freelq m anifest!nq, self authentirnttaq,
self willed , complex , quite simple Both
rrnptq arvl rral nt tfu same time In some
cases we mi/#U call if soctrd It is not far
from the Buddist term Ifrn/rrni w ith its
oriqirinl senses of formtnq and firm m q
Hu wxnd zr'z/drzznrsx radiri
’ h l
1 fM<ish h -ddevtn e\ possiblq from
n il deer russ (zZct'z. deei arvl otfui forrst
anim als > but more IdH q ivtldei n ness fiu s
tfu menmnqs
Mfarqe area of wdd (arvl witfi orunnul
i tth tat ion nr ul w ildlife rrirvurvi from dense
turude or rainforest to artie or nlptne white
wiler russ
M w-nstel and as an area unused or useless
for aqriru iture or pasturr
A sprue of sea or air. as m Sfuikespeaie, I
stand as oru upon a Rock, environ d witfi a
Milder ness of Sen 1 h tn s ■dm/tomnud Hu
ocrans
A place of dnnqrr and d iffio tltq where
ip u take ifoin own Huirvrs. depend on ifour
ow n skills, and do not rounf on rrseue
Hus world as r oat raster! w ith fuaven. I
walked throw#! tfu wdderrwsse of this
world •. Pdi/Ttrn s Vitejrrss'.
M place of abundance, as in |ohn N il ton.
a wddernesse of sw eets.’
*hlton s usaqc of wilderness catches die
verq rem condition of erurqq and richness
rfrat is so often found in w ild st<stems
A
wilderness of sweets is like the- billions of
fierrtnq or rnnrketrl babies in f lu ocean, du
cubic mifes of krill wnld prairie qrass seed
(lendini) to tfu brend of t h is dar), nutrie frorn
die qet rns of qrusses •
all thè rnciediblc
frciirufitq of srnali ani m ais nrv! plants.
feerlinq tfu web Bui frotn anod ui side,
wdder iuss bus implird Hioos, r<os tfu
unknoM'n, rralrns of toboo tfu habitat of
br>th tfw ecstntic and t f u demonq In boti»
senses it is a placr of arrfictqpal powTi
tenehrnqand Hvillenrie
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