Educational Thoughts 2

I'm currently taking Literature of the Environment and we recently read a literary theory by John Fowles titled The Tree.  I'm not going to go into much detail about the theory itself but i wanted to ask of an idea he posses.  He calls it "the green man" and its this idea that as human beings we are born with this innate sense or perspective that enables us to "truly" "see" nature for what it is.  But because of the society we are grown into, with everything being labeled thanks to Carl Linnaues we find ourselves alienated from nature.  But he claims every once in a while this green man comes out.  Every individual has that moment or sense whether it be at the beach or laying in a bed of flowers where we become aware of this innate sense that has been lost.  It happens briefly but every person has this moment.  I felt like mine was standing in the snow at night were its snowing so heavy its all you can see because i just love that.  I was wondering if anyone felt like they knew what this would be or mean to them.  I will welcome and be grateful to any thoughts about this.  Sorry if i didn't explain it to well.