Green

Green is the essence of nature. Every forest, stream, and lake are labled with the title "green". This color represents the abundance of life and purity in nature. I would like to see myself as being green for I to am full of life and respect natures blessings, purity, and recognize that humanity depends on it so much. I try to surround myself with nature as much as possible, almost everday I take a walk or sit outside and absorb everything there is to take in. This color also emits a feeling of calmness or relaxation and has not the slightes feeling of agression or anger. Over all this color fills the air with emotion and sends feelings through my body that nothing else could compair to.

Object Assignment

Take the perfect picture of nature in your head and multiply that one hundred times over. For me my end result is the beautiful Appalachian Trail, a trail that emits somewhat of a mystical feeling towards it. For thousands of people have walked over the same roots, rocks, and soil that I have just set foot on. It is hard to imagine that with all the traffic that this trail receives the surrounding environment still appears almost untouched by man. The trail is surrounded by a dense forest of fairy tale like qualities, as the sun spits through the limbs of the tallest pine trees and the smallest shrubs. While sleeping one may hear the trickling of a high mountain stream or the rustling of a grouse scampering across the ground but to the average hiker this is the sound of pure simplicity. Some may question your sanity when telling them of your goals, “Why would you sacrifice the comforts of home to sleep in the wilderness?". I have no specific response to this question but I believe that the feeling of the trail cannot be put into words for its unknown beauty will never be understood by man.

In My Hands

"Courage is one step ahead of fear."
-Coleman Young

The day the war started Irene was walking out of the hospital when the first bombs dropped, she was so overcome with fear that time just seemed to freeze. She just stood in astonishment in the middle of the street until a woman, a brave woman, pulled her aside and told her that they needed help at the hospital. Irene was still in shock but she followed instructions and continued to do her work as a nurse. Soon soldiers needed assistance with the wounded on the front lines and Irene was one of the first to go. Although she did not volunteer for this job she willingly accepted the fact that she may die in the line of duty. After her first experiences with war she forgot about fear and soon began to function on the pure fact that she wanted to help people. She soon realized that she was one step ahead of everything, even fear.