A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general environment more conspicuous.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I try to understand place on a deeper level than just the physical or environmental aspects. It includes cultural and intellectual forces, too. It's an inclusive approach that brings in many disciplines and sees place as a dynamic thing.
A place makes a deep impression on you when you're young. It lives with you. It's like your childhood. It fertilises the imagination.
Places are part of nature, of the bigger picture. We are interrelated. When we contemplate them in their own right, they can sometimes change our lives; they can become spiritual experiences.
Places change all the time, and the type of people who live there change.
Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the exhilarating experience of open space.
Phoenix is an interesting example. Drive around and see the golf courses everywhere, and you see people's big green lawns. And you live in a desert! I've always remarked about the capacity of human beings to look at somewhere and move there because of its uniqueness and its beauty and then change it.
A change of scenery can help everything.
Your environment affects you wherever you are.
You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.
Place means nothing to me. I can be at home anywhere.