Wednesday, January 13, 2010
There are certain familiar elements associated with a snowstorm: frigid temperatures, wet socks, hazardous roads — wrenches in the machine of daily life.
When I was out last week, though, I forgot all about the inconvenience and annoyance.
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White out
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Instead, I noticed beautiful atmospheric scenes happening all around me. The way icicles hung in a perfect, frozen row. The way the wind picked up tiny particles of powder and blew them off the buildings. The way a swirl of snow created a fog-like effect, intruding on the otherwise peaceful winter air.
As I continued around campus, my socks getting more damp with every step, it was impossible to miss the beauty in the snow that pummeled Lawrence over the break. The subtle curves and lines created in the snowdrifts. Long shadows and hazy light coming through the frozen, bare trees. Even in the streets, amidst the slush and muck, I found beauty in a strangely clear patch of pavement surrounded by numerous footprints and tracks; evidence that I was not the only one meandering through the snow-covered terrain.
I can’t imagine how many people may have passed by the same scenes I witnessed and saw only a slushy, wet mess or a hindrance to their travel plans. But that afternoon, I saw more than that. I saw the snow as a welcome inspiration, and a truly beautiful sight.
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