Notice the small stuff

How often do you pay attention to your surroundings? Not a new building in your town, or a friend's new haircut — your natural surroundings. Would you notice if a rock in your yard disappeared? Or if a tree near your school was chopped down?

Choose an object you can see. The object could be in your yard, at the park or somewhere you love to hike. It could be really cool or really boring, something living like a bird or something nonliving like a rock. Once you have chosen your object, try your best to tell its story. How did it end up where you found it? Can it move, or did something else move it? Where is it going to go next, and why will it move? Will it stay in it's current form, or change into something else entirely? Has it always looked the way it looks now? 

You can draw this story, sketch it out or both, depending on what kind of creative you are feeling. Next time the natural world changes around you, pay attention to the small details. You might find that you feel more in touch with nature!

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