Natural Beauty Research Paper

Natural Beauty has always been a staple in my life. It comes from the countless treks around the country with my grandparents. My grandma firmly believed that a summer should never be spent idle at home; she believed that we should be seeing the Natural Beauty of the United States of America. Though my relationship with Natural Beauty comes from this exposure to it. Nature’s ability to surprise me and to make me contemplate my place in the world is the true reason for my strong relationship with nature. Nature is always changing in ways that surprise me. While I have never seen a mountain range eroded way before my eyes, I know it happens. Physically the Earth’s surface is always changing, unlike a piece of art. Scruton discusses the distinction …show more content…
Every week, I had to go out at least twice to look up into the night sky. This changed my understanding of the night sky. I started to paint pictures in the heavens. Connecting the dots of constellations, Ursa Major, Scorpius, Lynx, all coming to life before my eyes. Showing me their unique stories of love, honor, or greed. Those nights standing in the middle of my porch, getting a sore neck, made me contemplate my place. I made a startling discovery the night I was looking for Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system. I expected Jupiter to be huge and stand out in the sky. It was a dot. Easily mistaken for any other everyday star in the vast atmosphere. Jupiter, the largest planet in the Milky Way was that small, then how small am I in the grand scheme of things? Scruton sums up this idea of the universe, making us wonder with, “Contemplation fills us with wonder and prompts us to search for meaning and value in the cosmos” (Qtd in Schiller). Natural Beauty gives me the inspiration to contemplate my standings in this huge universe through its exquisiteness and …show more content…
I travel the same path for the whole, harsh winter. Then one day after the snow had melted away, I saw a small flash of bright color, in the otherwise muted tones of the post-winter landscape. The flash grabbed my attention. It was a surprise little flower, growing in the middle of someone’s yard. Hidden in the shadow of one of the tallest trees on the street. Nestled in a flickering sun spot, the flower seemed to dance in and out of the sun spot happily. Against all odds that little flower had sprouted up out of the Earth. I walked by that flower for a while, and every time I would cast my eyes on it a smile would come to my face. The power of Natural Beauty, of that surprise little flower, was made very clear to me. That flower had the power to change my entire mood coming