“There is no Sleepy Hollow on the Internet, no peaceful spot where contemplativeness can work its restorative magic. There is only the endless, mesmerizing buzz of the urban street.” Nicholas Carr, from The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains (New York: Norton, 2010)
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Blog 9
As the weather changes this season, it is interesting to see how people's attitude toward nature changes as well. Everybody begins to gasp at the beauty outside and the temperature change. It's strange that people tend to only appreciate spring and fall but never as much as summer or winter. The spring and fall are more of the picturesque seasons. The fall with decent temperatures and beautiful changing colors and trees and then the spring with life beginning or blossoming. Why do people not appreciate the other seasons? Even though the winter comes across as dry and dormite, it is a beautiful thing that organisms can lay asleep in order to prosper in the spring. Its one continuous cycle of life, it should not be broken down into distinct separate parts. In my own personal experience on campus, I always get excited to see nature change when spring arrives, but I absolutely hate the smell of the blossoming trees all around campus! Its all about finding the balance!
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