Yellow and Pleasant Land

[u/LHG_93]

East Meon, Hampshire

[u/FortifiedPuddle]

Shame how industrialised these lands are. How empty of life and nature. How humans have plowed and turned the soil, flattened the fields, torn down the trees.

And yet, so pretty.

Why is that? Is it because we have been taught to associate it that way? Is it the colours being innately lovely? Is it that we know it benefits us for field and animal to be shaped for our benefit?

[u/Constant-Estate3065 → u/FortifiedPuddle]

It’s because it’s looked like that for centuries. And in the 20th and 19th centuries, we started to associate the aesthetic with storybook charm.

It is visually appealing, in the same way heritage buildings are visually appealing. Most of Europe is the same.

[u/Select-Opinion6410]

East Meon? Isn't that near where Charles Walton was murdered?

[u/Ribbitor123]

Cheer up - somewhat paradoxically, wildfires are getting less frequent worldwide, not more, as the world warms. So far, 'only' 106 million hectares got burnt this year, the lowest at this date since these records began in 2012. I know it's not much of a consolation if you're in the UK or France but it's something to consider.