Our in class discussions this week focused on entanglement and how everything exists within a meshwork of dependency. In the reading Ingold describes this as an ‘entire system of forces and relations’ (2011 pg 69) and ‘lines of growth issuing from multiple sources’ (71). I thought about this in relation to different landscapes, how many things are connected in some way and have the ability to influence one another, causing shifts and changes within different environments. This also made me think on a wider scale about interconnectedness and how we use this concept of entanglement to cause positive changes and shifts within environments. 

When I went to my landscape, a small grassy spot with big leafy trees, I focused on certain elements that entangled themselves with other elements and how they influenced one another. The tall tree tops help to provide the right amount of shelter from the rain and the right amount of sunlight to peek through to get to the grass and flowers below. Everything felt very untouched, it seemed as though this entire little ecosystem just appeared one day in the middle of a busy suburb. I wanted to capture its simplicity yet show how everything still was connected. I filmed the treetops in a spinning motion to show how the sunlight peeks through, I then focused on close ups of the leaves within the trees. If you look closely also you can notice little caterpillars eating the leaves and there is a literal mesh like texture on the leaves from where the caterpillars have eaten. I thought this would be interesting to include as I feel it physically shows the meshwork of dependency, the caterpillars relying on the leaves to eat will then turn into butterflies which will help pollinate the flowers in the grass below. I then ended my video with the healthy grass below which I think made my video flow nicely, starting in the treetops, travelling down the trees to be able to see within the leaves and finishing at the bottom with the grass. I think this depicts how all of these things are connected and influence one another to grow. 

I think I grasped the understanding of entanglement well this week and it was also one of my favourite sketches I have made this far. I think if I were to do it again differently I could have spent less time focusing on the leaves and added more time on the ground of my landscape to really showcase the growth from multiple sources within my landscape. I also think I could have spent more time on the sound of my landscape. I wanted to keep it sounding accurate to my landscape but to develop it further I could have used sounds of people or cars to show that it is actually in space occupied by humans and that would have added another layer of entanglement.

Ingold, T., 2011. Being Alive: Essays on Movement, Knowledge and Description. Routledge, London; New York.