Walking close to nature – the art of noticing.

is it hits different?

Walking in nature is definitely different from walking in a big busy city. Besides the fact that it is less noisy, walking close to nature makes me spend more time noticing many little things of the environment around me. When I’m walking in nature, I often stop in the middle of the street just because I see some random beautiful flowers–sometimes I even stop for every 3 minutes🤣

The art of noticing, when you google it, its refers to “the practice of paying close attention to the world around us, including both the physical environment and human interactions, and recognizing the nuances and subtleties that we might otherwise miss”.

However, in my case, I really like to documenting what’s around me–especially if it’s nature. People say we need to go out and touch the grass, but instead of touching it, I take a picture of it. I’m busy looking for different angles because I want the photo or video to be good. The reason? Of course because I want to share it online.

So sometimes it makes me wonder, is that contradictary action? It's like I’m not fully being present anyway, because I capture something around me while thinking about the result of it to show off later. This is really annoying because I first open a blank document just want to share my Wednesday Walk, but it turns out to be a weird reflection to question myself, huh?😅

But even so, even if I do it because I’m going to share it, that means I really care about what I’m sharing, right? Not me trying to justify my action but maybe I do😅 capturing things beautifully is satisfying after all, for me that's fulfilling in some ways. It’s also a great thing to do because I can look back on it and appreciate how beautiful the moments that I’ve experienced, even if it's just something as simple as a morning walk. I truly appreciated it :)

Thankyou for reading as always :) see you in my next walk!