Observing Nature

Sometimes it’s nice to just revel in the wonders of the natural world and take in the beauty of it all.  Nature can be cruel, but sometimes it is just astonishing – even the smallest things, like frost on your window.

I enjoy reflecting on what nature can tell us through careful observation.  Sometimes I feel like I just need to take the time to look around and understand the environment that surrounds me.  There is a certain joy in celebrating the beauty of the natural world – something so complex and perfect at times that one cannot help but be in awe.  Embedded in nature are lessons on physics, systems theory, relationship dynamics – through the present day we are able to look back in time and infer about the past…and predict the future.  If we want to learn to co-exist more harmoniously with our environment we must learn first look more closely at what it can teach us.

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Edge

“What is your favourite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation?”

Edge.org has just released their annual thought provoking question – with answers from some of the greatest scientific minds today.  Biology, physics, chemistry, philosposhy, mathematics, psychology, history…it all becomes poetry.

You can also check out the questions from previous years, including “what are you optimistic about?” and “what will change everything?”

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