THE NATURE OF BEING OUTSIDE & THE SKY'S BEAUTY
Being outside has always brought a natural healing for me. I remember being young and being taught if you're frustrated or upset that means you need to reconnect yourself and embrace everything that you DO have and it always relates back to the beauty of nature that we have. I grew up in Bristol, RI where it is surrounded by water and has amazing views of the sky. I actually took Taleah (our fellow classmate) to one of my favorite spots, Colt State Park where I have attended summer camp, birthday parties, gone to the beach, had cook outs, walked my dog, or just drove down parked and had some of my favorite laughs with friends or even just sat at a park bench or in my car and taken in the scenery and journaled. I've also shared some of my hardest moments there. The summer of 2022 was one of the most life changing summers for me. It is the summer where I have cried the most, overworked myself to distract myself, and isolate myself from my friends and family. But like when my mother said when I was young I needed to reconnect myself with my surroundings. Even when I thought I would never be able to make it through and went through some of the hardest challenges, connecting myself with the nature of being outside and allowing to drown in the sky's beauty and A LOT of journal entries written under the sky at Colt State Park I worked through it. I confided in journaling my thoughts and feelings and working through my feelings and emotions through words and surrounding myself with healing views that helped me reconnect with myself and what I did have. I felt at peace and felt as though I could finally vent to someone and that someone was just a book of paper that my thoughts flooded. As much as that something couldn't talk I felt that its voiceless answers is just what I needed. I felt the most connected to myself when returning back to school even though I dreaded it. I felt like I was taking steps back by having to move back and not being able to continue journalling in my little spot... but all this did was encourage me to find new spots. I began to travel more and connect to new places and experiences. I became even more aware to my surroundings and being more observant of the sky and its beauty. The way that its always changing and will never look the same no matter how beautiful it can be reminds me of my journey and the places I have been.
After listening to the song "Breathe" from "In the Heights" I felt the radiating peacefulness that the song was trying to portray. You could feel to the calming tune and "vibey" beat to it that gives you to sense of zen/chill vibes. I can connect this song to another song that gives me a similar feeling. "Sunset Lover" by Petit Biscuit was a song I would always listen to when journaling or watching the sky whether the sun was rising or setting or just a regular cloudy day. I gives you a calming feeling that you can't even explain it just takes over your body.
Song recommendations that relate to this feeling...
(THANK YOU TGANDY FOR THIS AMAZING IDEA)
1. Glitter - 070 Shake
2. ASTROTHUNDER - Travis Scott
3. Break from Toronto - PARTYNEXTDOOR
4. W.A.Y.S - Jhene Aiko
5. Wiseman- Frank Ocean
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