I've been thinking about this post for a while. It keeps popping up, and I'm having a hard time finding the right words. The truth is, nature sparkles! I usually notice it when dealing with water. The first time I thought of it was when I was irrigating. The sun was glinting off of the water surrounding those little grain plants. Today I noticed it again as I drove my tractor through the creek. The water was shedding off of the tread, and while there was not a large amount of sun involved, there was still an indescribable sparkle to the motion of the water. The other day I was fixing fence and looked out across a field of flowers. It too had a gleam.
Driving tractor gives a person plenty of time to think. I am beginning to believe that everything we do in the name of cosmetics is a poor attempt to catch the sparkle that occurs naturally. Little kids are drawn to glitter. What was the original inspiration for glitter? Water perhaps? Flowers are used in many special occasions. Some people are more overt about trying to bring nature in. Some may have to look a little closer, but I am quite certain that most of what appeals to us aesthetically as humans has a strong foundation in nature and that almost imperceptible gleam that it consistently projects.
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