An essay in The New York Times assesses “Mother Nature’s Blockbusters” — beauty vs. the sublime. (Thanks to Veronica for the pointer.)
Museums may display what man has made of nature, but these parks and preserves display what nature has made of itself. Works of culture transform nature; they picture it, use it, abstract from it. One is humbled by the Canadian Rockies and Glacier National Park in Montana because nature doesn’t return the compliment. It makes nothing of culture; it looms over it, declaring its supreme autonomy and power.
While an article in the Los Angeles Times tells of the nature of the beast.
A chilling race transforms a couple’s 10-day rafting trip through Alaska’s Arctic wildlife refuge. Their exclusive story drops us into the path of a grizzly intent upon only one thing — its prey.