Dear Clara — what’s in a name?

<p>Dear Clara and Lily. I&rsquo;ve just seen a cute video on instagram of a cool bird &mdash; huge and grey with a big beak and and an appearance that would be at home amongst the dinosaurs. I&rsquo;m guessing that&rsquo;s why the &lsquo;Best Birds Planet&rsquo; Instagram account shared it. The text they&rsquo;ve added below is just two heart-eyed-face emojis &nbsp;and that, for me, is where the problem lies.</p> <p>I often get this feeling when I see animals displayed this way on social media: Cute animal, who cares what it is, it&rsquo;s just cute, like it and keep on scrolling. I&rsquo;ve struggled to articulate even to myself why this makes me so uncomfortable. But I think it&rsquo;s because it says something about our increasing distance from the natural world. When we can&rsquo;t engage, when don&rsquo;t see any advantage in naming something, its value is just for us to enjoy or laugh at it. Once we name it, it perhaps becomes its own entity.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@daniellemurraydm/dear-clara-whats-in-a-name-3501bad25678"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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