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| Victoria Falls, Zambia Source: Flickr I think the Victoria Falls in Zambia may be my favorite Wonder of the World. Sometimes I forget the the Earth is an ever-evolving entity, and this a huge crack running down through one of the largest continents, creating rainbows and supporting both an ecological and an economic system, reminds me. |
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| Porto, Portugal Source: Flickr I visited this city while I was studying abroad in France. The view from the water made me think about how amazing humans are. This city is very old, and it has endured numerous floods and bridge collapses before becoming the stunning site it is today. I know that building cities near to a water source is practical, but I also believe that they thought the beauty that accompanied the hardship was worth it. |
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| Singapore Trees of Light Source: Flickr I like these trees because they're a perfect example of how humans can coexist with nature without making life more difficult for indigenous species. The birds, lizards, and other wildlife who lived here before still have a viable habitat, and we get a beautiful monument to compromise. |
Oh, this is wonderful, Alona! What a great demo of how images say/do things differently than words. The juxtaposition of the great crack that is the falls and the big bridge that we humans have built is really powerful, and your commentary echoes so many themes that will come up in this class, like the intense connection of nature/culture where stories themselves take shape... and have been taking shape for millennia since the dawn of human culture. I hope you will have great adventures with words and images in this class! :-)
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