This summer I visited the beautiful town of Sirnitz, Austria. Sirnitz is a simplistic town that lies in the Alpine Mountains, it's air is very clean and the people are extremely nice. A few of my friends and myself decided to go on a hike to the top of this massive hill to see the sunset over the hills. This was probably the most in-touch with nature I have ever been in my entire life. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were very in-touch with nature and believed it had a spiritual reflection of God. I felt like I had a very Transcendental experience that day, and it was very unique.
A small group of my friends and I found some hiking trails not to far from our hotel in Sirnitz, we decided (well they decided) that it would be a good idea to hike up this monstrous hill to watch the sunset. Personally I was a little against the idea because we had been walking a lot during our tours, but they convinced me it would be worth it so I tagged along. The hiking trail was a very strenuous climb, the hills of the Alps served very tough uphills. The woods were very beautiful and the clean environment made it all the better. Unlike the nasty woods outside of T.L. Hanna there was no beer cans lying out, no cigarette butts, and no trash at all; it was a very good environment. We went up for what seemed like at least 5 miles, but knowing my judgement it was probably around 2. After an hour of fighting brush and walking through very small trails we made it to the top. There was a clearing that gave way to a beautiful sunset, it was unlike any sunset I have ever seen before. I don't know why the sunsets aren't like that here in the US, maybe because of the massive amount of pollution we put into our air, or because nature is so mildly touched by humans that it is hard to tell that the forest has ever been seen by human eye. We stood there taking in the beauty of the moment until the sun was almost gone, we then noticed we would not be able to find our way back to the hotel if it was pitch black. I believe this was a very Emerson/Thoreau moment because they were very one with nature. Emerson liked to be a "transparent eye", I definitely felt like a transparent eye that day in nature. "Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing." (Emerson, From Nature) I think that Emerson was saying people do not look at the sun like the beautiful thing it is. I believe I did see the sun the way Emerson did, it was a golden sphere of beauty, I had never looked at the sun that way before. Therefore, with my transparent eye I related to Emerson and Thoreau.
Watching the sunset over the hills of Sirnitz was a true Emerson/Thoreau moment in my life. Emerson and Thoreau truly spoke of natures beauty in a way people can not understand unless it is witnessed. The feeling Emerson/Thoreau portray for nature is very accurate, they truly capture the essence of nature's beauty. My experience in Sirnitz was the most in-touch with nature I have ever been, hopefully remembering this will encourage me to look at nature in a different way again.
A small group of my friends and I found some hiking trails not to far from our hotel in Sirnitz, we decided (well they decided) that it would be a good idea to hike up this monstrous hill to watch the sunset. Personally I was a little against the idea because we had been walking a lot during our tours, but they convinced me it would be worth it so I tagged along. The hiking trail was a very strenuous climb, the hills of the Alps served very tough uphills. The woods were very beautiful and the clean environment made it all the better. Unlike the nasty woods outside of T.L. Hanna there was no beer cans lying out, no cigarette butts, and no trash at all; it was a very good environment. We went up for what seemed like at least 5 miles, but knowing my judgement it was probably around 2. After an hour of fighting brush and walking through very small trails we made it to the top. There was a clearing that gave way to a beautiful sunset, it was unlike any sunset I have ever seen before. I don't know why the sunsets aren't like that here in the US, maybe because of the massive amount of pollution we put into our air, or because nature is so mildly touched by humans that it is hard to tell that the forest has ever been seen by human eye. We stood there taking in the beauty of the moment until the sun was almost gone, we then noticed we would not be able to find our way back to the hotel if it was pitch black. I believe this was a very Emerson/Thoreau moment because they were very one with nature. Emerson liked to be a "transparent eye", I definitely felt like a transparent eye that day in nature. "Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing." (Emerson, From Nature) I think that Emerson was saying people do not look at the sun like the beautiful thing it is. I believe I did see the sun the way Emerson did, it was a golden sphere of beauty, I had never looked at the sun that way before. Therefore, with my transparent eye I related to Emerson and Thoreau.
Watching the sunset over the hills of Sirnitz was a true Emerson/Thoreau moment in my life. Emerson and Thoreau truly spoke of natures beauty in a way people can not understand unless it is witnessed. The feeling Emerson/Thoreau portray for nature is very accurate, they truly capture the essence of nature's beauty. My experience in Sirnitz was the most in-touch with nature I have ever been, hopefully remembering this will encourage me to look at nature in a different way again.
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