thoughts on "framing"

I was just looking at the picture of the albino deer and thinking about framing. Not sure what I mean here, but its worth an exercise. Perhaps the danger for the northwoods is when we want to do OUR activity, but "frame out" the consequences to the environment. So, we want to own a house with a great view of the lake, but do whatever we want with our septic systems. But we have our view. Or we want to feed the pretty deer in our yard, but "frame out" the destruction of the forest that occurs when deer are concentrated. But we have the deer in our yard.

Every activity you do, stop for a moment and pay attention to what goes on around the actiivty itself. When you are water skiing, what do you smell? What do you hear when you first come up after falling in the water? What do the waves look like?

If you are visiting someone with a lake house, and they show you the beatiful "view of the lake", say "Yes, but what does it sound like?" You actually get a much different sense of being alive from hearing a lake as opposed to seeing it.

IF you are really bold, ask if you can taste the lake.

I suspect we can have most of our actiivities, once we really and truly stop "framing out" the environment.