Tree of Heaven
Dirk van den Heuvel (Jaap Bakema Study Center , TU Delft - Building Knowledge)
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Abstract
Is nature a human invention? It’s hard to imagine that nature conceives of itself as something called ‘nature’. As if there can be anything other than nature, or outside of nature. Only humans seem to be able to distinguish between what belongs to nature and what not, including human behavior itself apparently, with some bits of it designated as natural, others unnatural. These were just some of the impossible thoughts that crossed my mind during a walk along the gardens of the Nieuwe Instituut, Boymans van Beuningen, and the adjacent Museumpark. [...]