Some classes I can only learn or see things from in a
classroom. In other classes, such as this one, it is sometimes necessary to
venture outside of the classroom to gain a full understanding of the subject.
When the class took a trip to the Nolan Trail it was one of these, allowing me
to see first hand some of the ideas we had learned about.
Only
being outside for an hour and fifteen minutes, it was hard to grasp some of the
things we had learned about. One thing I was able to see in the short time I
was out there though was flow. Flow deals with freeing ones mind of the
conscious world and becoming one with your surroundings. At one point the whole
class was on a bridge watching the turtles. I though that this was when no one
was really thinking about anything else going on and everyone was simply
watching these turtles swim. For that brief amount of time everyone was free
from the world and focused only on the turtles.
Besides
learning, there were also some interesting things I saw in nature. One thing
that really stuck out to me was a tree that at the very bottom started as one
trunk, before separating into two, then coming back to one, only to separate
again. The tree showed just how cool nature can be at times. First the way the
tree grew apart at the bottom was interesting but not as much as when it came
back together. I always see nature as something that is just there, sometimes forgetting
that it’s actually alive. I wonder why this tree did this? Maybe something wrong
with part of the tree and the other came to help out or the tree was not
balanced. Either way this made me realize what I forget sometimes, that nature
is real and has to work together with its surroundings the same way we do.
This
nature class was beneficial to help me see things nature has to offer. I was
able to gain the feeling of flow and realize some beauty in nature. Times like
this allow me to reflect on things related to landscapes that I may would not
have noticed.
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