Event #2 Blog
For my second event I went to the botanical gardens located here on campus. The first thing that I noticed when I entered the garden was just how beautiful it was. The garden was quite large as well, to the point where when I was in the middle It felt like I was in the first. Its still crazy to me that this much vegetation and life is surround by the heavily industrialized Westwood area. This leads me to the question of if these gardens are an example of man made art, or simple the beauty of nature.
This is interesting to me because on the one hand a lot of the plants and trees where actually planted by humans to be in specific spots. In fact the whole garden was planned out by humans as-well as the ponds and rivers. Even though the plan originated from humans the fish and the plants act and grow on their own accord. It is for this reason that I consider these gardens to be a perfect blend of art and science.
I feel like going to these gardens will help me in my finale because it pushed me to be more critical about who or what is specifically responsible for any kind of artistic beauty. In the case of the botanical garden I found that the lines where often blurred between pure nature and manufactured nature. That also leads to the question, is manufactured nature still "nature". The fact that I am asking questions like these proves that the experience of going to the gardens was without a doubt mind expanding.
“Campus Plants List.” Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden.
“Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden.” Venue Reservations.
“Game Music in the Garden: Outdoor Concert with UCLA's Game Music Ensemble.” Mildred E.
Mathias Botanical Garden.
“Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 Mar. 2018.
Wolpert, Stuart. “UCLA's Mathias Botanical Garden Is 'a Gem No Longer Hidden'.” UCLA, UCLA, 3 June 2014, newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-s-mathias-botanical-garden-is-a-gem-no-longer-hidden.
This is interesting to me because on the one hand a lot of the plants and trees where actually planted by humans to be in specific spots. In fact the whole garden was planned out by humans as-well as the ponds and rivers. Even though the plan originated from humans the fish and the plants act and grow on their own accord. It is for this reason that I consider these gardens to be a perfect blend of art and science.
I feel like going to these gardens will help me in my finale because it pushed me to be more critical about who or what is specifically responsible for any kind of artistic beauty. In the case of the botanical garden I found that the lines where often blurred between pure nature and manufactured nature. That also leads to the question, is manufactured nature still "nature". The fact that I am asking questions like these proves that the experience of going to the gardens was without a doubt mind expanding.
“Campus Plants List.” Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden.
“Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden.” Venue Reservations.
“Game Music in the Garden: Outdoor Concert with UCLA's Game Music Ensemble.” Mildred E.
Mathias Botanical Garden.
“Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 Mar. 2018.
Wolpert, Stuart. “UCLA's Mathias Botanical Garden Is 'a Gem No Longer Hidden'.” UCLA, UCLA, 3 June 2014, newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-s-mathias-botanical-garden-is-a-gem-no-longer-hidden.
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