dancingfrogs13 - Class Discussion Leadership

Chaos/Control
�    Who: Ashley, Alex, Eric, Amanda, Megan
�    Points:
    o People are afraid to give up control because they might not be happy any more (Ashley) where             one can be happy just to be alive
    o Humans find comfort, not necessarily in precision and order, nor just in making their lives more             comfortable, but rather in being in control and knowing exactly how and why certain things work             (Alex)
    o    I think that is why I like fake nature so much (No mosquitoes etc) (Eric)
    o    where Nature making her own patterns put my mind at ease (Amanda)
    o    Why must we flee back to the eccentric nature of the city? Perhaps it is to satisfy our own                     eccentricities (Megan G)
�    Question: Does nature make us happy because we do not feel the need to control it or does the chaos disturb us so much we feel unable to control it?

Unity
�    Who: Mauro, Pallavi, Law, Emily, Mary
�    Points:
    o Harmony achieved only by what isn�t entirely man-made (Mauro)
    o the fusion of two very opposing forces � man made creations and nature (Pallavi)
    o where bushes in parks are actually starting to resemble the structure and rigidity in buildings that         we are trying to escape from (Law)
    o The contrast of energies between the familiar civilization and architecture and the natural beauty        of landscaping and gardens truly serves as an important purpose in our culture (Emily)
    o linking us back to the places we long to remember
�    Question: Can gardens adequately fuse nature and man? Do they?

Minimalism
�    Who: Brad, Mauro, Chetna
�    Points:
    o    Garden tool of escape from complexity to simplicity (Brad)
        from chaos (Mauro)
    o    Garden as art (Brad)
    o    Nature as a place of renewal (Chetna)
� Question: Could it be that nature is actually so much more complex that we can�t process it so we just ignore the complexity? (This is why we feel at peace and go outside to �get a breath of fresh air or clear our minds� like Chetna mentioned)

Horrible Version of a Memorial
�    �Serving as a commemorative landmark in remembrance of the tragic 1966 shootings, the garden promotes a sense of tranquil recovery, striving to �communicate the emotional journey one takes in experiencing tragedy and healing� (Alex)
�    BUT DOES IT?
�    Facts: Charles Whitman killed 15 people and wounded 31 others
�    Is a garden an appropriate memorial?
    o    It links the natural end we cannot escape to the human control over life that we try to assert
�    Was the design UT had appropriate? (pg 724)
�    Is it unfinished? Is it OK to be left unfinished?

�    Ashley talks about narrative