Nature and the Serious Business of Joy

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Read about Rachel Carson's eloquent look at how we perceive the natural world in this article:

https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/06/07/michael-mccarthy-the-moth-snowstorm-nature-joy/

"There can be occasions when we suddenly and involuntarily find ourselves loving the natural world with a startling intensity, in a burst of emotion which we may not fully understand, and the only word that seems to me to be appropriate for this feeling is joy."

We've never needed this realization more than we do now.