Landscape and Memory

As I was reading this piece by Simon Schama I was sitting on my grandma's back porch overlooking the "Smoky Mountains" in North Carolina. I thought it was amazing how closely his mountain image reflected the picturesque scenery I was staring at. Never before have I ever felt so connected to a character. I must admit, even when I picked up the paper and leafed through it I thought, " This may take awhile to get through." However, I really enjoyed how easy it was to understand. I did not feel like there were too many hidden meanings, but I do believe he used his words wisely.
One of my favorite parts of Schama's piece is when he says, " For although we are accustomed to seperate nature and human perception into two realms, they are, in fact, indivisible". I especially liked this sentence because it points out the obvious, but in a whole new way. In all this piece was a very good reminder that instead of putting ourselves above nature, we need to look at ourselves in relation to nature.