I took a stroll through a museum last week. I sat. I stared. I assumed a Rodin-esque pose by which those who may have seen me knew I had something on my mind. I wasn’t in St. Petersburg, New York, Paris, London or Spain. And I didn’t need to be as nature was providing all the abstract expressionism I craved (or whatever the correct style may actually be). There is no doubt that nature is quite unrivaled and even in one’s own yard the scenery can be stunning.

Yeah, it’s a hornworm and all too often discarded as a pest. It’s a crop eating machine, but nonetheless it’s a work of art. It just requires adjusting your perspective and looking at the parts of an ecosystem instead of the whole. In a busy world it is easy to lose sight of the small pleasures in life and miss an opportunity to contemplate the subtleties of a portrait; to reflect on the happenings of life.

Nature is a painting.
Nature is a sculpture.
Nature is history.
Nature is science.
NATURE IS A MUSEUM. And I urge you to pay a visit.

Tags: hornworm, macrophotography, tomato worm

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