I have always loved nature and the outdoors, it has fueled my creativity and given me peace in the middle of my busy life. Recently, I have had great difficulty stopping and enjoying nature, almost as if that piece of my life has become so distant that I can’t get back to enjoy it and more importantly-I’m not sure how to relax these days.

A friend of mine told me about Youtube sounds that she listens to and I turned off the usual music I listen to and tried the sounds of nature. I started with a waterfall-that was very nice and relaxing but something was missing, I turned on a bird song video and turned the waterfall video down a bit and now I was listening to the waterfall with the birds in the distance. Again, something was missing-I found a video of rain and thunder and suddenly, I was in the forest right before a storm.

I listened to the sounds of a forest as the rain approaches and suddenly I had all these urges to go photograph and get back to nature. I have had several art  events in the last few weeks and as they have now passed, I plan on going out next weekend and finding a waterfall. Just by stopping long enough to listen I realized what I am missing about nature.