Tag: nature

• [posting][poetry] Wind (never know you)

  

  Wind [wattpad]

  dappled-things

  December 10, 2018

  original fiction

  nature, poetry, wind

• [FB Video Response] Are we natural meat eaters? (Life Changing Videos)

  LINK “Try to kill a pig without tools cuz animals don’t use tools”. UM. Animals DO use tools to get food – any of the primates, sea otters, raccoons, and birds among others. [1][2][3] This comment about only eating food you can gain with your hands bothered me so much because it is evidently untrue. I…

  dappled-things

  October 5, 2018

  culture, thought piece

  animals, carnivore, carnivore apologetics, meat, nature, vegan, vegetables

• [posting][university essay]Digitizing Nature: Negotiating and Mobilizing the Virtual

  

  Meet Hydria, my virtual succulent garden in a pot which is looking rather dry. I would like to think that if Hydria were located on my smartphone and not on my tablet, I would care for her better. The truth is that my forgetfulness has killed more than one plant before, and Hydria may be…

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  August 23, 2018

  culture, literary critique, literature, nonfiction

  art, environment, fallout 4, farmville, gaming, horizon zero dawn, nature, pocket camp, pokemon go, representation, rune factory, technology, video games, viridi, virtual, webkinz, witcher 3, writing

• [posting][school] Digitizing Nature: Negotiating and Mobilizing the Virtual

  

  Meet Hydria, my virtual succulent garden in a pot, which is looking rather dry. I would like to think that if Hydria were located on my smartphone and not on my tablet, I would care for her better. The truth is that my forgetfulness has killed more than one plant before, and Hydria may be…

  dappled-things

  May 28, 2018

  literary critique, literature, nonfiction

  animal crossing, apps, art, fallout 4, farming, farming simulations, farmville, horizon zero dawn, hunting, literature, nature, pokemon go, rune factory, survival games, technology, video games, viridi, virtual, virtual reality, webkinz, witcher 3

• All life is dangerous. We forget that,we who have been reared in one of the small pockets of civilization. For that is all that civilization really is, Easterbrook. Small pockets of men here and there  who have gathered together for mutual protection and  who thereby are able to outwit and control Nature. They have beaten the jungle – but that victory is only temporary. At any moment, the jungle will once more take command. Proud cities that were, are now mere mounds of earth, overgrown with rank vegetation, and the poor hovels of men who just manage to keep alive, no more. Life is always dangerous – never forget that. in the end, perhaps, not only great natural forces, but the work of our own hands may destroy it. We are very near to that happening at this moment…”

  -Christie, The Pale Horse, 182.

  dappled-things

  April 30, 2018

  literature, quote

  agathe christie, civilization, culture, jungle, nature

• [translation] 登鹳鹊楼 (Ascending White Stork Tower) by 王之涣 (Wang ZhiHuan)

  

  登鹳鹊楼 王之涣 白日依山尽， 黄河入海流。 欲穷千里目， 更上一层楼。 Ascending White Stork Tower by Wang ZhiHuan The white sun sets behind the mountains, the yellow rivers flow into the sea. If you want to view limitless expanses, ascend one more level. I find this poem really interesting. The final two lines literally say, “If you want to see…

  dappled-things

  March 26, 2018

  literary critique, literature, thought piece, translation

  chinese, inspiration, life, mandarin, nature, perspective, poetry, tangshi, translation

• “Cozy Cat” (Note 4 art)

  

  My sister had a very cozy cat called Sophie. I was sad to hear that Sophie had to find a new home. She was a very snuggly cat. This picture was drawn on my Samsung Note 4, using the Painter app.

  dappled-things

  March 25, 2018

  art

  art, cat, digital, digital art, nature, note 4, samsung

• [posting][poetry] Elemental

  

  Read my poem Elemental on Wattpad~!

  dappled-things

  March 19, 2018

  original fiction

  air, fire, kenning, literature, nature, poetry, water, wattpad, wind

• “Night Vision” (Note 4 art)

  

  This is a piece of work I did on my Note 4, using, I think, the super amazing painter app!

  dappled-things

  March 17, 2018

  art

  art, digital art, eyes, moon, nature, night, night time, note 4, samsung

• [posting][poetry] 华山 – Hua Shan (Mount Hua)

  

  华山 步步登山。 由灰及蓝。 触尽天空。 夜尽日开。 生走向死。 我的人生 在两天理， 历久弥坚。 by 田思月 Hua Mountain by Tian SiYue (my Chinese pen name) Step by step, scale the mount, the grey path to the Blue. Touch the sky. The stars turn to sunrise. Birth passes into death – my life in two days grows more resolute with time.…

  dappled-things

  March 15, 2018

  original fiction

  china, chinese, inspiration, mandarin, mount hua, nature, philosophy, poetry, vision, writing