Beauty in Everything…
I’d like to expand on my beauty in nature post a bit. I mentioned a trip to Colorado, where I enjoyed the solitude of hiking up the Great Sand Dunes in all their wonderful barrenness, pointing out that nature’s beauty extends even to the sights that are less typically celebrated.
Well, I was doing some thinking while waiting in front of the Subway I work at a few days ago. I had time to kill, so I was kind of half-meditating in front of the building, feeling the night air and really seeing everything in the dark parking lot. It was at about this point I realized how beautiful it all really was; from the curbside trees planted in perfect rows, to the slight cracks and irregularities in the asphalt, even to the insects flitting around the bright yellow sodium nightlights, it was all absolutely gorgeous. I was almost amazed I hadn’t seen it before, and I realized: it’s not just nature that can be beautiful. While the natural world should be celebrated and protected, especially in an era that sees it diminishing so rapidly, I think we should really take a look at the mundane, boring things, and see the beauty that they all contain.
That’s all for now. Thanks for taking the time to read it :).
