Nature and How it Shapes Our Environment

 

Nature and How it Shapes Our Environment

    People take for granted the environment which is around them. A great example of this is nature and to another extent Architecture which can be discussed at another point. Nature however comes first in this matter because it is the base environment. The trees, the rivers, the sky, the bushes and the flowers. It brings beauty to the natural world. When we have beauty in our surroundings we can see that the world is not all bleak. We can draw inspiration from nature in all forms of art such as Literature, Painting, Music, Architecture, Videography and Photography. When we pave over it with asphalt instead of incorporating it into our human design we not only destroy the environment we destroy our surroundings. I make this distinction because the Environment is bigger than our surroundings. Nature tells us the time and what season it is. When we destroy it by urban planning we destroy culture. Now I'm not saying all urban planning is bad. What I am saying is that by not utilizing what's around us and importing what is manufactured we loose our environment and it becomes destroyed. It's honestly dehumanizing at that point.

 The Peace of Tranquility

I have repeatedly brought up out environment and why nature is important to it. However, I don't believe that I have yet brought up why it is good. Nature for the environment and natural surroundings is good for a number of reasons. First, it naturally keeps us cool in heat. The Shade of a Tree the Water from a lake, pond, or river. It's naturally appealing. So much of Humanities great works have been simple imitations of nature in artwork. Think of Bob Ross painting they are all nature and very rarely does he show houses and other buildings. If he does it's done to compliment the rest of the painting. However, in a more practical manor what we can take from this is that our surroundings should imitate and be closer to nature. The track homes that many Americans live in do not imitate nature nor utilize it effectively. They destroy local wildlife and import trees and small shrubs. Strict order is not peace. What I mean by this is that controlling the way in which nature acts does not help us find peace in our surroundings. When our surroundings are beautiful even despite all the personal turmoil in our lives we can still look at a tree and say that's a nice tree. What we cannot say if the tree is not there is that's a nice tree and find a short moment of peace in our turmoil. Urban development rids us of our natural surroundings and manufactures it. If we want good urban planning use the local environment use the local floral and fauna. If we use the local floral and fauna in development then we can see that we are a great society not only because it is good for the environment, but that we care about our immediate surroundings since what immediate surrounds us effects us. When we do this by utilizing nature we find peace. 

   Conclusion

The conclusion to take away is that we must be aware of out surroundings and understand that beauty is essential to it for us to find peace in our day to day live.