Landscape involves a point of view – our attitude to it
Landscape as point of view: reflects the attitude, views and values of the viewer – who are they and what are they focussing on and why?
Landscape can be the source of livelihood: the aborigines’ worldview: they view the landscape as important for survival – a reflection of our harmonious place in the world – the vegetable patch
Landscape – views about who we are and where we come from: the source of dreams, spirits, origins, ancestors/ memories (aborigines and castle rock)
Landscape as a place to be bought and sold (a place of conquest and exploitation)
(Psychological) Landscapes: land as a reflection of our emotions – fears and phobias – emotions; how do we feel?
We experience an internal life that is not restricted by the external, physical landscape
The richer the internal life, the more productive and imaginative the individual, then the more self-fulfilled and “whole” and satisfied/enriched they feel;
contrastingly, the more impoverished the internal life, and the more soulless and empty the individual is, the more alienated they become from the world around them. (and the more alienated and detached one is from the landscape, the more one is at risk of depressive disorders) (psychologists)
Landscape reflects our view of ourselves and how we see our place in the world (painters, artists, photographers, landscape gardeners) It reflects our point of view
Landscape reflects our hopes and imaginings; it is the source of our dreams about who we are and where we come from (aborigines and Malouf)
Landscape reflects our fears and phobias; traumatic experiences (bushfires)
Landscape reflects our sense of self; opportunities; choices; our audacity to live in different ways – the metaphorical “road taken”
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