It is about time some reality was injected into all these threats that something is going to be lost. Once these pictures have been taken and hung in art museums its time to get on with the job. Just go to – http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/weblog/article/endangered – and take a look!
Nothing essential will be lost in the long run. The logging industry has a plan to clean up these areas and create spectacular vistas, renewed vistas even, that will challenge this redundant old world view. Its time for change and the logging industry can deliver.
There are some questions that need to be answered. How many people can actually earn a ‘real’ living taking these sorts of pictures? Who needs messy unproductive landscapes? How long will it take to clean this stuff up? And there are more!
Clearly all the pictures that need to be taken have been and now it’s the logging industry’s turn to take the logs! As for untidy uneconomic landscapes, nobody really needs that sort of thing. And yes it will take little while to inject some order into scenery like this but that’s the legacy ‘we’ (the logging industry, government, the present generation, etc.) will be leaving the future. Like us they will have to make the most of what they have been left with.
When all the trees a regrown in rows, and are all the same size, these panoramas and tender wildernesses will be improved no end! In the meantime there will be jobs for all kinds of people in a struggling economy. And, there will be new opportunities for the next generation of picture takers too.
Something is going to be won, little will be lost and Paul will have left his imprint on these hitherto wasted scenes. His monument to the future whatever happens. It’s win, win all round!
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