Dec 28 2008
Nature’s Artwork
This has been a terrible, early winter for many parts of the United States. The northern part of the country has been inundated with snow. Many communities have been without power for a week or more at a time. Commuting to and from work even for seasoned drivers who are adept at driving on snow and ice has been hazardous.
Even valleys in the Pacific Northwest like the one in which Eugene Oregon is located, where snow is unusual and freezing rain is unheard of, have had their share of snow and ice.
Here on the high plains of Texas it has been one cold front after another but no moisture, just the bone chilling cold accompanied with the howling winds which send the wind chill into the sub-zero range.
When winter shows it’s glistening white teeth that threaten to tear our very being apart it’s hard to keep spirits up and to see any beauty in nature. Just about the time we’re ready to crawl into a cave and hibernate for the winter something wonderful happens! We look out our window and see an ice coated tree glistening in the rare sunlight looking for all the world like an ice sculpture. Or Jack Frost paints a beautiful picture on our window.
Could a human artist ever create such a wonder? Probably not, but nature is the greatest inspiration for any artist regardless of the chosen medium.
