When Clouds Become Words.

I’ve always found it curious when great thinkers in the past have mentioned how spending time in Nature teaches them more about life than anything else.

Nature shows us life and death and on a superficial level of thinking, it could be argued that this is what they meant. Well at first this is what I thought they meant. But it sparked my curiosity and so I decided to search again for this thing they all believe they found. 

Spending time in Nature is interesting. I used to think I spent a lot of my time in it, but even though I was away from the hustle and bustle of cities, I was never truly involved. When I look back now I was walking through Nature admiring it, but not seeking to understand it. I would admire it like some people admire a book on their bookshelf but have never actually read it. 

After my deep dive into the past which uncovered for me how the Ancient Egyptians used to see the universe as symbols, this new knowledge took me onto another route. To begin learning the signs around me. It was this moment which made me realise how Nature is a book and it’s as if I am learning a new language. In fact it feels deeper. It feels like I’m trying to rekindle with my mother tongue.  

The book of Nature is vast and deep. Like any beginner trying to learn a new language, I knew I had to start somewhere. So I chose the clouds. Something I get to observe everyday. I learnt that these white symbols in the sky are constantly telling us a story about the weather. It’s like an ongoing dialogue. The clouds are like words, and the sky is filled with sentences. Some clouds are like verbs in the present moment, other clouds are like verbs that help explain the past and the future. 

Like any language, it takes time to understand. But the beauty about the sky is that everyone has the opportunity to do it. There’s something quite enjoyable in having a coffee outside and just reading the conversation of the sky.

I’m still learning it, but I’m already starting to understand some of it. It’s quite satisfying and incredibly useful.

We have a canvas of art right above our heads and somehow up until now, I always took it for granted.