Steph Dunn- In Class #2 Koyaanisqati

When the lights were flipped off I was ready to get into a movie with deep spiritual undertones and insight to God. Then a movie called Koyaanisqati came on the screen that consisted of shots of cities and natural landscapes around the world. Most of the movie is in slow motion or time lapsed photography. I love photography and my favorite thing to take pictures of is landscape, this movie was right up my ally. In the Hopi language koyaanisqati means crazy life, or life in turmoil, which fit what was happening on the screen perfectly. We are able to see the difference between natural landscape and the technological landscape.It made me realize how much of the world I am missing out on. I have gotten the opportuniity to travel many places such as, the grand canyon, beautiful beaches and California. I have seen some beautiful things in my lifetime but was not able to appreciate them when I was there. Getting to see the natural landscape amongst the industrial landscape I was able to value the beauty of what God has created. Another interesting thing that I noticed about this film was how it showed how much humans are involved in nature. We have taken over so much of our natural world to build building after building. The shots of oil fields and power lines show our involvement that is leading to the slow destruction of our world.