I could never perceive the natural world as a whole as being ugly, though there are so many things in nature that are terrible looking. There are so many beautiful things in nature that can’t be ignored even though there are many perils that are ready to attack at any moment. The beauty of a flower, the warmth of the sun, the smell of fresh air, how could anyone have ever thought of the outdoors as disdainful? These times when nature was so close it was an ugly enemy are so different then today, where nature is an exotic stranger. This might not be so in other parts of the world where nature’s bad temper still has the lives of some people hanging in the balance, such as Niger and Somalia. Nature may have also recreated it self as an enemy in places such as Japan and Thailand. Though nature may be overwhelming it is still beautiful. The fact that nature is so overpowering may be why it was once so hard to see in the past. We have been taught that beauty that is sublime is often also feared in some way. When artists started painting nature scenes in art people started admiring nature. Perhaps art served as a looking glass that people could safely stand behind to view nature as beautiful. 
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