ART IN NATURE

Nature has inspired many artists...  In addition to inspiration, we also find peace and joy whenever we are close to nature.  It might be because everything depends on nature.  Sure, modern living has offered some conveniences but at what cost?  Many inventions of the so called modern living which were hailed to be great advances and aid to make lives more comfortable are only now beginning to be understood as having detrimental effects on our environment.  We must take care of nature so that it will in return will also take care of us.  Turn your back from being concerned with environment, for nature will surely bring unwanted repercussion.

While visiting the hometown of my wife, I was able to take many interesting photographs of things around the house.  A plant has caught my interest, they call it 'Dapo' locally.  I tried to search the net and found that it is called the 'Bird's Nest Fern'.  It is quite a big plant.  The one I was able to photograph I estimate should have a diameter of around 1.5 meters.  Here's what it looked like.

So, it looks like a big green plant.  Oh, for the botanists, it says the scientific name is Asplenium nidus.  For many, the plant is not much interesting.  Big, green...  But wait till you examine the details of the plant more closely like:

See!  The center of the plant shows interesting young leaves just starting to unfurl.  A closeup picture of the plant sure makes it look somewhat like a artwork that you can just print one big picture and hang it on a wall.  So, how about looking more closely at the mature leaves?

When you change perspective you begin to experience difference in the way you perceive the ordinary object.  How does the leaf closeup look like?  I think it can either be a sort of an abstract or a nice drawing/painting?

But, how about if we look at those young little leaves that are just beginning to unfurl?

Superb!  Very interesting indeed.  Nature is really a good artist!  Or model? So, everything has beauty, we just have to learn how to perceive things in positive ways.