Commonplace Post

"It was beautiful and still, a wild and lonely place. Through the green and yellow treetops below us I could see the water of one of the ponds sparkling in the sun. I got the idea that my eyes- our eyes- were the first ever to see it. Yet that was not true, for as we descended into the valley, a deer suddenly appeared in the trees ahead and went bounding off down the slope. There were wild animals there, and I wondered if they even suspected that outside these walls of mountains there were cities and roads and people." - Robert C O'Brien Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM

It is a nice and simple description of a wild nature scene that made me feel as if nature can be a beautiful unknown world separate from ours. This makes me think about all the numerous instances when humans have conquered nature and destroyed it for their own purposes. All of the environments we have taken down will never be experienced by anyone ever again. It can be good for parts of nature to be undiscovered or untouched by humans so that it can still serve a purpose for animals.