i was watching the planet earth series this weekend - the new discovery channel's attempt to document nature in a way never seen before! it was unbelievable. i found myself completely captivated by the beautiful cinematography and the sheer wonder of all the effort that went into making the programs.
Looking back and analyzing the show, Oprah says you have to see it of course, i think of all the small places they didn't film and the way we, as humans, tend to focus on the spectacle of nature as a bounty and mass. Why do these things captivate us so?
i remember seeing masses as a common theme - herds of bison, flocks of millions of birds, a bountiful aquatic eco-system chock full of animals - and the other theme was vastness to point out the contrast between the bounty - so, tons of bison, but on a vast prarie, millions of birds, on an African plain...
Earth
- kat
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