“Learning from Looking”, by Peirce Lewis was a great essay on learning the concepts of observing cultural landscape. Lewis took many great geographers and there work and he showed us what each of those geographers had to offer in observing a landscape. My favorite part of this essay was when Lewis talks about J.B Jackson. The first time I really learned about Jackson was two years ago in are geography class 106. I have come to really admire J.B Jackson and his ideas of observing a landscape and thinking outside of the box. My favorite line by J.B Jackson is “Before rushing to judge a landscape ugly or beautiful, pause and try to understand how it came to be, and what it says about the people who create it. There is intellectual stimulation everywhere for one who keeps eyes and mind open. There is beauty too” (Lewis, 248). I Believe everyone should live and learn by this quote.
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