What interests me most about this essay are the points that come across when Jackson speaks of an environment that is always changing through time. This to me seems true in the fact that the world around us, more specifically the landscape, changes every day. In other words, the landscape that our earth displayed yesterday will not be the same tomorrow unless documented through precise literature.
When i started reading this article i immediately thought of "Walden" and how Henry Thoreau describes every detail in the world around him. Thoreau paints a picture in the reader's mind by meticulously describing literally every aspect of nature and his writings will forever be seen as a historic record of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts during the 19th Century. What made Thoreau such a successful writer was his ability to observe everything he saw in great detail and his ability to explain every color, animal, landscape and sound he encountered while isolated in his simple one-room hut near Walden Pond.
Thoreau valued nature and respected it for what it was and how everything in it seemed to have it's niche. Jackson has similar views and a similar respect for nature as Thoreau and myself.
When i was young i remember going camping with my family and gazing at the monumental granite cliffs of Cherry lake and the tall redwood trees that infested the upper terrain of the area outside Yosemite. I gained an appreciation for nature and its inhabitants as a young boy and still remember the images of the bald eagles soaring over our boat as i relaxed out on the lake. Gazing at the ripple effect of the murky lake water as i dragged my hand through it swimmingly while our boat glided across the glassy surface was the only thing keeping me busy while i waited to go wake boarding. My experiences when i was younger while camping have made me more aware of my surroundings and are also a big part who i am today and who i will be in the future.
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