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MariaKorusiewicz
Muchmore“liberated”wayofappreciatingthings
aestheticallyissuggestedbytheauthorsechoingTaoist
tradition,themostfrequentlyquotedamongwhichseems
tobeaculturalgeographerYi-FuTuan.
Anadultmustlearntobeyieldingand
carelesslikeachildifheweretoenjoynature
polymorphously.Heneedstoslipintooldclothes
sothathecouldfeelfreetostretchoutonthehay
besidethebrookandbatheinthemeldofphysical
sensations;thesmellofthehayandofhorse
dung;thewarmthoftheground,itshardand
sofcontours;thewarmthofthesuntempered
bybreeze;theticklingofanant[…]thesoundof
wateroverthepebbles[…].Suchanenvironment
mightbreakalltheformalrulesofeuphonyand
aesthetics,substitutingconfusionfororderand
yetbewhollysatisfying.31
TeTaoistconceptofwuwei,lettingthingsgo,accepting
themastheyareandimmersingoneselfintheflowof
existence,posesachallengeforWesternthoughtscared
ofsubstitutingconfusionfororder,orlosingcontrolover
thepolymorphousexperience.However,Chineseinsights
seemtobemoretemptingfortheaestheticsofthenatural
environment,asthenumerousstudiesofGrahamParkes
demonstrate.
OldculturesoftheFarEastarehardlytheonlytraditions
inwhichweseekmodelsofthelongforgottencommunion
ofmanandtheworld.Similarintuitionsandtheopulence
ofmotifsisalsofoundintheseculturaltraditionswhich
pre-dateart,orincontemporarytribalcultures,i.e.
AustralianAboriginesorNativeAmericans,whichtend
toseetheworldasthecontinuumofprocesses,withthe
aestheticandthemoral,thespiritualandthemundane,
31
Yi-FuTuan,quotedby:AllenCarlson,“Appreciationandthe
NaturalEnvironment,”p.70.
