Michelle Ng 2A/06

Picture 1: This is a picture that portrays out the reliance between man and nature. The piece of wood was initially chopped off from trees and then constructed into a bridge by man. The turtles and sea-birds are using the piece of wood that man had constructed as a support. This relationship between man and nature shows how man benefits from nature and returning back to nature by providing support. Man and nature are independent on each other and they cannot be separated into two separate things. From another view of looking at the photo, the animals are trying to adapt into the ‘new’ environment man have built. The turtles are leaving the water as the pond has been polluted with filthy things and remain at the piece of wood. This shows that the animals have to leave their homes due to man actions and have, reluctantly, adapt into the new environment man has constructed. This means that men are the selfish ones that do not take into consideration of the negative impacts they have caused to nature.

Picture 2:
This is a picture portraying a narrow path, constructed by man, cutting through the plants and trees into two sides. This shows how man has disrupted Nature and interrupts Nature’s doings. This is a common sight in the garden and therefore means that man is continuously interfering into Nature. It is evident in today society from how man is continuously destroying natural habitat like mangroves.

It also shows that the plants are trying to grow out of their space into the path. This reveals how nature tries to returns into its original statues despite constantly being destroyed by man. The picture also shows that the relation between man and nature is disharmony. The path does not blend in with the plants around, meaning that man is not a part of nature. Nature and man should coexist but instead they are like two separate objects that interfere into each other doings. Man actions have caused irreversible harmful effects to nature, resulting nature to revolt back on man, losing the original reliance relationship between man and nature.

Picture 3: Looking closely to the picture, you will realize that there is a barrier among the trees. This barrier blends in well to the surrounding as the colour of the barrier is similar with the ground covered with dead leaves. This shows that man intervention (represented by the barrier) looks like it is not really disrupting nature. It does not stand out and does not really change much from the original surrounding. However, even though it may seems like this, it is actually causing disastrous harms on nature. As shown, it cuts the land into two parts, meaning how man has interfered into the cyclical nature of time and growth. This is similar to society now. Man actions may seem harmless to nature but actually, the impact caused by man over the past centuries has ruinous impact. Daily pollution may not cause much harm on nature but after a long time, the amount of pollution or toxic accumulates and harms not only nature but man too.

Michelle Ng,
TA 2A/06