from Nature

I thought that the piece of writing from Nature was really interesting to read. He explains so many things about how we take simple things for granted when we become adults. One particular part that I liked was when he said that the property owner’s of a farm did not really own it. He said that the only ones who owned it were the poets who knew how to “unify” all parts of the landscape. I found it interesting because so many of us view a farm as just that: a farm. But, there are others who understand nature in a way that a lot of us can’t and that is a true virtue. I liked when he says that adults can’t really see the sun. To us, it is just something that we see through our eyes, but that to children, it “shines into the eye and the heart of a child.” This stuck out to me because I believe it is very true. Children are so innocent and they view things completely different than we do.


I think this piece of writing really reflects transcendentalism in many ways. It talks a lot about how nature affects everyone’s state of mind. It shows that Emerson believed that he thought God communicated to men through nature. This particular quote is very interesting. “The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse with heaven and Earth, becomes part of his daily food.” I feel that it means that the only ones who can truly love nature are the ones who not only see it but feel it as well. I think it is very different to just see beautiful scenery than to really feel it and for it to give you some type of emotion. Emerson is trying to say that God speaks to you when you feel the different emotions nature gives to you.