Reflection:

In this week’s study, we have approached the idea “Dynamic”. In my understanding of this word, it defines to be a meaning of either a running flow of objects or a concept of the life cycle in nature. To think beyond the literal meaning, “Dynamic” always brought me up with a series of motion pictures rather than a still image in my mind. “A changescape helps you think and feel so that you are engaged with the flux-infused world, so that you feel informed about that world’s maintenance and motivated by its momentum rather than distressed by its entropy.” (Gibson, 2015) I firmly believe that every small act in nature will always influence the components that will shape the future. A fallen leaf from an old tree will become soil nutrients to provide sufficient nutrients for the old tree to grow green branches in the near future. This truth is like the butterfly effect. Nature has long been caught in an irreversible cycle. The old things leave, and with them come new members. As in the past, a noble and beautiful royal family passed away, followed by new blood on the throne. Thousands of years have passed, and they still inherit the noble bloodline. Along with time, the environment of things constantly updated iterations.

 

In my sketch video, I attempted to portray the “production chain” of nature and embody the desire of the life force to grow in the river of time. From sunlight to flowering and fruiting, to falling leaves, and finally down to the roots of the tree. This sequence is like the image of Simba being born in the sunlight in the “Lion King”, and over time, witnessing or becoming an old life buried in the ground. It is like a complete system unique to nature, since the moment the Earth appears, this system repeats itself in an infinite cycle that may continue until the earth is no longer capable of producing new life.

 

 

Reference:

Gibson, R. (2015) ‘Changescapes – An Introduction’, in Changescapes: Complexity, Mutability, Aesthetics. Crawley, WA: UWA Publishing, pp. 1–20.