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Tussiemussies
5-9-12, 11:19am
I always loved felling a sense of wonderment of the world around me and since I am artistic
I can see beauty where most do not. This was a great joy to me but lost it along the way -- financial set backs, feeling insecure without owning our own home and having a lot of unresolved anger has blocked it out. I was feeling it again for the first time today and just felt like this is all I need along with people and pets to love to really feel fulfilled.
How about you
Whenever I get down or even in everyday living, I find beauty so I can relate to your need for this. Glad to hear that it has returned for your enjoyment.
A child's laughter, a gentle breeze, exuberance in our dog, daffodils or other flowers, chirp of birds, rustling leaves - doesn't have to be a big thing, does it?
I don't think I could live without beauty around me. Not just visual beauty but beautiful music and the sounds of wind in the trees, rain, and birds. I am really sensitive to my surroundings.
In my garden... When traveling to new geographies & ecosystems... When my toes are in salt water... When a thunderstorm happens... When the sun pops out of the clouds in Seattle!
Mighty Frugal
5-9-12, 12:48pm
How apropos just this morning as I walked to my car which is parked on a street I noticed a very low hanging lilac tree. And even though I was late for work I stopped and stood there and just smelled the lilacs. They are so vibrant and fragrant and it made me appreciate being alive on this sunny spring day!
Gardenarian
5-9-12, 2:45pm
Yes. I walk my dog along an old unused railroad track and am always refreshed by the beauty of nature, even in this very compromised environment. The finches, willows, swallows, hills covered in radish and mustard, chirping of the tree frogs, the swaying of the grass and trees - they bring me back to myself.
Absolutely. My children help a lot in this regard. They can see the beauty in so many things that adults miss. Being with them helps keep that sense of wonder alive.
Sometimes more often than others, but mostly, yes. Interestingly it was a drawing class that helped bring out this "noticing" ability in me. I am really grateful to that teacher for that experience. She has passed away but she left a legacy in that regard.
I definitely have an appreciation for the natural world (see my username!) and am able to recognize and enjoy all the tiny instances of beauty in the world around me. I always feel an extra need for the peace the natural world brings when I am feeling stressed or unhappy. Just today in fact, after a phone conversation with the vet confirming that my dear sweet cat, Angelo, has lymphoma, my immediate reaction was to get outside, to take a walk. Now, I work in an urban area, but I know there are trees outside, and birds, and the sky, and fountains. And after 10 minutes, I felt better and able to return to work.
Kara
Gardenarian
5-9-12, 7:41pm
((((treehugger))))) so sorry about your kitty.
Tussiemussies
5-9-12, 8:07pm
Treehugger, I'm so sorry to hear about your kittie....is there anything that can be done?
I couldn't live without beauty, either. I wouldn't (and haven't) lived in a place where I can't look out on natural beauty, city lights, hills...I very much appreciate everything from microscopic life to the grandness of the universe--every day.
Treehugger, I have an idea what you're feeling, having dealt with lingering illnesses in my last three cats. In some ways, I haven't yet got over the experience. Please accept a supportive shoulder-pat and wishes for the best possible outcome for both of you.
Yes. I walk my dog along an old unused railroad track and am always refreshed by the beauty of nature, even in this very compromised environment. The finches, willows, swallows, hills covered in radish and mustard, chirping of the tree frogs, the swaying of the grass and trees - they bring me back to myself.
It was when I read "swallows covered in radish and mustard" that I realized I was overdue for dinner. Reheating turkey soup as I type... http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/artists/big/Viannen_loungelizard.gif
I pretty much see everything in an artistic way and I'm always looking at a little bit of the whole because the little bits are sometimes more artistic than the whole.
For instance my photography of a small section of a glass bowl, platter, or vase that my husband has made. Sometimes I see and feel more in that little section than in the whole piece.774
For sure, but not nearly enough as I'd like to. Sometimes I'll catch myself doing a little something in the evening that triggers a pleasantry for me, like pulling-in the days laundry down off the line, and hearing the symphony of the crickets, or when it quiet and calm, and I'm sitting out back on the lawn-chair just enjoying the peace and serenity. Beauty and wonderment also moves me whenever I star-gaze or moon-watch.
Tussie. Don't allow life's circumstances to get you down. I know that's easier said than done, but as my dad says, "keeping a roof over ones head is never a cost-free venture", meaning, that regardless of whether or not one is an owner, a renter, has a mortgage, or is free-and-clear in respect to being mortgage-free, there's always a living expense attached to such. Your day will come and I can't wait for that day, just knowing how much you enjoy gardening and getting out. :)
Gardenarian
5-10-12, 4:33pm
Float On - beautiful, like looking into a tidepool.
treehugger
5-10-12, 5:51pm
Thanks for the kind words. Tussie, my apologies for hijacking your thread. I only brought it up because the timing made me realize how receiving bad news made me instantly want to get outside, because I knew that would bring me a bit of peace.
Kara
A warm patch of sunlight does it for me :)
Sitting on the dock at the end of the day feeding my pretty pets, or catching a glimpse of a hummer or Baltimore oriole on the feeder, seeing drifts of clover flowers like a dusting of snow, or getting an unexpected call from my son during the day. All these make me happy.
OK, the son isn't nature, but it still gives me wonder at this wonderful, thoughtful person I gave birth to.
Sad Eyed Lady
5-11-12, 11:09am
Treehugger - I am wishing all the best for your kittie. I have two, and I just hate when one of them gets ill, even if it is just "the sniffles".
Tussiemussies, this is a beautiful thread. I too feel a sense of wonder and beauty in the world, but not all the time. Sometimes when I am out walking and the sky is so blue and whatever is in season may be blooming, or maybe colorful leaves in the Autumn, I am just struck all at once of how beautiful and how special it all is. Certainly not to be taken for granted as we can so easily do at times.
Also along this same line (I think), do you ever feel there is something magical, mysterious, or whatever just there - just out of our line of vision if we could just tune into it? I am not saying this very well - but it's like I can look at the ordinary, everyday world and I just KNOW that something else is there, something wonderful and miraculous is there just underneath. Oh pooh - too early for me to get my thoughts out! But, maybe someone else can express this better!
I can look at the ordinary, everyday world and I just KNOW that something else is there, something wonderful and miraculous is there just underneath.
Yes, I believe I know what you are trying to describe but most likely words would not be able to express that energy that exists all around us. I find beauty in order, balance and simplicity which I think Nature shows us whenever we are conscious enough to notice. It makes me very sad to see so many humans that are so divorced from the natural world. We keep forgetting that we can't live without it - air, water - and yet corporations continue to develop and degrade at every opportunity.
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Also along this same line (I think), do you ever feel there is something magical, mysterious, or whatever just there - just out of our line of vision if we could just tune into it? I am not saying this very well - but it's like I can look at the ordinary, everyday world and I just KNOW that something else is there, something wonderful and miraculous is there just underneath. Oh pooh - too early for me to get my thoughts out! But, maybe someone else can express this better!
Yes, I think many of us catch glimpses of dimensions and realities that normally go unexperienced.
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