Concept / Human-nature relationship
Human-nature relationship
A narrative theme concerning relationships between people and natural environments or nonhuman living beings
A narrative theme concerning relationships between people and natural environments or nonhuman living beings.
One person and rocky ground standing apart
The fixed valley landscape has no human participant for comparing a human-nature relationship, so it is replaced with a neutral composition containing a person and natural environment without pre-staging a connection.
Both languages share the English example images. Japanese prompts are the recorded translations.
A phrase to start with
Directs a scene toward a narrative theme concerning relationships between people and nature.
Appearance and effects
The scene can read as one in which connections between people and natural elements carry narrative meaning.
Visual traits
- people and natural elements
- relational narrative theme
- unspecified direction of the relationship
Expected changes
- The scene is more likely to read as one in which connections between people and natural elements carry narrative meaning.
Five examples
1 — One person and one tree standing apart
The fixed dog has no human participant for comparing a human-nature relationship, so it is replaced with a neutral composition containing a person and a natural element without pre-staging a connection.
One person and one tree standing apart in an open place without attending to one another.
- One person who is not attending to the natural element.
- One tree.
- An open place.
2 — One person and one plant standing apart
The fixed cat has no human participant for comparing a human-nature relationship, so it is replaced with a neutral composition containing a person and a natural element without pre-staging a connection.
One person and one plant standing apart in a bright setting without attending to one another.
- One person who is not attending to the natural element.
- One plant.
- A bright setting.
3 — One adult and one shrub standing apart
The fixed boy determines an age and contains no natural element, so it cannot neutrally compare a human-nature relationship. It is replaced with an adult and natural element that do not pre-stage a connection.
One adult and one shrub standing apart on level ground without attending to one another.
- One adult who is not attending to the natural element.
- One shrub.
- Level ground.
4 — One person and one potted plant standing apart
The fixed unoccupied room has neither a person nor a natural element for comparing a human-nature relationship, so it is replaced with a neutral composition that does not pre-stage a connection.
One person and one potted plant standing apart in a bright room without attending to one another.
- One person who is not attending to the plant.
- One potted plant.
- A bright room.
5 — One person and rocky ground standing apart
The fixed valley landscape has no human participant for comparing a human-nature relationship, so it is replaced with a neutral composition containing a person and natural environment without pre-staging a connection.
One person standing apart in an open landscape without attending to the surrounding rocky ground.
- One person who is not attending to the surrounding natural elements.
- An open landscape with rocky ground.
Meaning and scope
Definition
Human-nature relationship is a narrative theme concerning relationships between people and natural environments or nonhuman living beings. It does not determine harmony or conflict, environmental protection, domination, a particular culture or religion, morality, or an ending.
In more detail
It concerns a composition in which connections between people and nature carry narrative meaning. It does not determine whether the relationship involves cooperation, protection, use, domination, conflict, or restoration, and it does not treat either people or nature as a uniform group. This broad theme does not infer the view of nature held by a particular culture, religion, place, or community.
Includes
- A narrative theme concerning relationships between people and natural environments or nonhuman living beings
Excludes
- Harmony or conflict, environmental protection, domination, a particular culture or religion, morality, or an ending
- Treating people or nature as a uniform group
What this does not imply
- Harmony or conflict, environmental protection, domination, a particular culture or religion, morality, or an ending
Variability
The kind of natural element, manner of connection, setting, people, time, and outcome can be adjusted separately.
Usage and adjustments
Usage
- Specify only a human-nature relationship theme without adding a direction or evaluation of the relationship
Distinguish similar expressions
- Specify protection, domination, conflict, a particular culture or religion, or an ending separately only when needed
Typical uses
- Compose a scene in which connections between people and natural elements carry narrative meaning
Possible failure modes
- The result is fixed to a one-sided relationship such as protection or domination
- A particular cultural or religious view of nature is added without support
- People or nature are treated as a uniform group
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From the same theme
Items linked through explicit membership in the same theme.
A neutral stone against a plain background
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