Mikey Famiglietti - Response to Gatta's "Making Nature Sacred"

"God's glory is over all his works, written upon every field and sky" (Gatta, 149).

The wilderness, being a place untouched by man, is not influenced by mankind in anyway. One can experience the wilderness as the direct work of the divine, his art. His art expresses the many emotions we experience as human beings. Winter, the season of death and darkness...provoking depression. Spring, the season of life and light...provoking happiness. We can relate to his art through our emotions. You realize that when in the wilderness, one cannot dismiss the life cycles of this world. You cannot walk past a beautiful, freshly bloomed flower without walking past a fallen, rotting tree. The wilderness does not mask the cycle of life and death all material existence is bound to. His glory is not always beautiful. Through his art, he explains that life is not always going to be feelings of bliss and comfort...depression and hardship will always be waiting for you...his art expresses the emotional rollercoaster we all ride in this life...