- Tonight, as I was driving home, I noticed how beautiful the moonlight looked on a road ahead of me. It was breathtaking. But the closer I got to it, the farther it seemed to move. My artificial, blinding headlights kept blocking it out. I became so set on seeing it, I finally waited until I was on a lonely road, stopped, and turned off my lights.
- The full moon on the grey asphalt and against the trees was like full blown, capital Nature calmly settling over man's creation. It made the road look so perfect: pale, illuminated, unlined. It made me feel content and simple. Carefree. And, I guess, free of the restraints the Digital Age had placed on me
- No off-yellow headlight could ever match that moment of moonlight. It made me wonder how many other great beauties we're missing. Kids don't see the stars anymore. Almost none of us do. We don't see many great (English?) landscapes or pretty sunrises. We've lost them...almost. Even though I don't ever see the stars or marvel at sunsets, there's still one thing that leaves me awestruck everytime: clouds. Cirrus or stratus, bathed in sunlight, hanging from the cieling of the sky. I personally believe that they are the most miraculous, majectic aesthetic objects the world has to offer. If I was religious, I'd say they were proof in God.
- But what happens when we lose this natural wonderment? What beauty are we missing, how much will we let slip by us as we further our factories and lights? How much will we retreat from nature? Are we really getting rid of it as a byproduct... or is there some deeper level of us that wants it to be gone from sight? Is the Digital Age pushing us away from natural beauty and drawing us to pretty colors, artificial images? What must we do to gain it back? What must we do to gain back our wonderment, our awestruck eyes, our overwhelmed hearts? I wish I could say.
And YES I couldn't get the post to work again without these little bullets. I apolagize. Just imagine them as itty bitty full moons.
- P.S: Emma? Ms. Bolden? Ms. Emma Bolden? Whatever I should call you: You are by far one of my favorite readers. :]
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