Problems of Expressiveness in Geoaesthetics

Kwang Myun Kim

Department of Philosphy, Soongsil University, Seoul, South Korea.

DOI: 10.4236/ojpp.2014.44061                

Abstract

Facing in the prospect of geo-environmental activities like volcanic explosions, earthquakes, floods, landslides, subsidence issues, tsunamis, etc., we have to reconsider a sustainable harmony between human beings and nature. Approaching the reality of the changing patterns of the earth’s surface and geological processes geoaesthetically will be helpful in establishing a more desirable relationship between human beings and nature. In this paper the author attempts to consider the meaning of expressiveness in relation to geoaesthetics, and further the author intends to reveal expressiveness through various phenomena of the earth. Expressiveness can evoke emotion as one experiences the aesthetic object. Empathy plays a role in drawing expression from expressiveness. One can find geoaesthetic expression through looking deeply into the expressiveness the earth presents. Earth itself is inanimate, but owing to its plentiful expressiveness it can restore the organic, animate world.

Keywords

Geo-Environmental Problems, Expressiveness, Expression, Empathy, Geoaesthetics

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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