“I believe my connection to nature has a lot to do with beauty. I am a visual artist, and I love design, and architecture, and art. But in the end, I think nature does beauty best. I can walk the dog on the same four-mile path every day for a year, and still be captivated most days by the variety and beauty of those surroundings.”
“I also love the solitude of natural spaces, especially wide open spaces like prairies. I never wear an iPod or headphones when I walk in nature. I want to hear the wind in the trees, the birds, and the skittering in the fallen leaves. I use my walks to gather my thoughts. I am guessing some would call it a kind of daily meditation practice. I suppose it is. I almost always come home more centered and peaceful.”
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Images: Courtesy of Mary Jo Hoffman.