Mankind has in the modern age in many quarters forgotten "the bigger
universe" once visible above their heads in the wondrous realm of the
stars at night.
John Guida has the story at the New York Times in What Our Skies Would Look Like Without City Lights, citing to French photographer Thierry Cohen and his series Darkened Cities.
As Guida writes:
Through our writings, we often face an academic populace for most of whom the sky is a dark void. Sadly, Thierry Cohen has it right.
Modern man takes himself too seriously,
and his natural environment not seriously enough.
John Guida has the story at the New York Times in What Our Skies Would Look Like Without City Lights, citing to French photographer Thierry Cohen and his series Darkened Cities.
As Guida writes:
"Mr. Cohen sees his photographs in a philosophical light: “When a child discovers the stars, he begins to question,” he said. “What is it, who are we, where are we, etc.? As did the first human beings.”"We write in some of our publications about how ancient man saw the stars in primordial days and how in fact "stargazing" surely led to modern "science".
Through our writings, we often face an academic populace for most of whom the sky is a dark void. Sadly, Thierry Cohen has it right.
Modern man takes himself too seriously,
and his natural environment not seriously enough.
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