The Spirit And Beauty Of Nature, And The Power Of The...

The Romantic worldview emphasized the glory and beauty of nature, and the power of the natural world. A branch within Romanticism was Transcendentalism and its followers believed that â€Å"unifying principles could be found in the natural world, which became a sacred space that pointed to the immanent presence of the divine† (Sayre 877). Aspects found in nature have the ability to cause an individual to have a revelation as to why their life is unpleasant and allows them to find their purpose in life. From this worldview, many impressionable individuals and works of art came to be and continue to affect how humans view themselves within the natural world. A well-known painting called Kindred Spirits by Asher B. Durand as well as, written†¦show more content†¦In the painting there are trees and shrubs that are both alive and dead which directly relates to the life and death of humans. Kindred Spirits eliminates â€Å"the prospect of anything beyond the ability of the human mind to comprehend it fully† that is sublime (Sayre 888). The painting does so by evoking the majesty of nature while emphasizing its harmony with the human spirit. Moving Forward, Henry David Thoreau taught the â€Å"satisfactions and virtues of living simply and wisely in communion with nature† through â€Å"Where I lived, and What I Lived For† (Sayre 893). From the excerpt â€Å"Where I Lived, and What I Lived For,† Thoreau used three major points to clarify how he and other individuals view the natural world. Firstly, Thoreau stated that â€Å"at a certain season of your life we are accustomed to consider every spot as the possible site of a house† (â€Å"Where I Lived†). Even though this statement does not relate to Thoreau’s belief of nature, it relates to a majority of human belief of nature. People see nature as theirs for the taking to and to do whatever they please to it. Secondly, Thoreau gave reasons as to why he went to the woods by saying, â€Å"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived† (â€Å"Where I Lived†). Thoreau truly believed that in order to