On the Aesthetics of Wind Farms
0 Comments Published by Cornelius on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 10:09 AM.
An interesting discussion over at Design Observer on the Aesthetics of Wind Farms."What is beauty and how does it relate to ecology? A look at contrasting aesthetic intuitions about wind farms reveals a paradigm shift in how we understand beauty. Our sense of the nature of beauty cannot be separated from our sense of the beauty of nature."
"In nature, there is no distinction between function and ornamentation. The opposite of wholeness is not ornamentation but fragmentation. Ugliness is the perception of fragmentation. Alienation is a form of fragmentation."
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