IV Viewing: The De Moreno Glacier in Patagonia

Everything is in the process of change, and the changes cannot be reversed.

The arrow of time which dictates the direction of change in the world of nature and in human life.

Humans consider the world of Nature permanent, unchanging, and very often contrast it with their own lives,

We are compelled to travel into the future.

V Concepts associated with humans confronted with the world of nature

· Fragility of human life

· A sense of human insignificance in the face of Nature

· Pristine condition of nature untouched by man

· Power of Nature

· Grandeur of mountain chains, valleys, the Grand Canyon

· A sense of sublimity / the sublime

· Majesty of nature

· Picturesque quality

· Pure Nature

· A sense of being at peace with oneself

· Breathing views

· Awe-inspiring – inspire awe in the beholder

· A sense of shock

· Amazement

· Being overwhelmed by forces greater than Man

· Relief from city life, the stresses and strains of our daily life

· Relaxation

VI Commentary of the speaker

· a massive expanse of ice

· enduring questions

· profound idea

· the arrow of time

· ice block inching down the valley

· fixed and unchanging

· events are not jumbled up

· We are compelled to travel into the future

· essential part of human nature

· The world does not run in reverse.

· epic cycles of the seasons