tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929051044721667551.post5824756365118404503..comments2023-06-30T02:52:44.131-07:00Comments on The Westovar(ian): Natureacarverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04359202992639980846noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6929051044721667551.post-23159983987132006632012-04-05T19:30:23.616-07:002012-04-05T19:30:23.616-07:00The thing with this post: I'm in a creative no...The thing with this post: I'm in a creative nonfiction writing class at Northwestern, and our exercise for the class was to make these lists about our encounters with nature. After that, the professor had us pick one that brought out "aesthetic emotion." I'm not sure what he meant by that, and for whatever reason I picked this time where I was peeing in the woods while hiking the Maroon Bells and I got poison ivy.<br /><br />My professor (who, by the way, looks a lot like the most recent James Bond) then had us close our eyes and meditate on the experience he had chosen. "Pay attention to your body. How does it feel? What is it like to interact with nature in this way?" And I started laughing a little bit because he was having me concentrate deeply on my memory of peeing.acarverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04359202992639980846noreply@blogger.com