Nature the Source of Inspiration

So wisely it is said ‘’Nature is the best teacher’’ nature always appears to inspire us and teach us many things by its spectacular natural features. In nature we find living as well as non-living things and that both have their own identity and diverse nature that makes it easy to recognize at same time unique in all aspects. In nature everything seems to be balanced, rather, nature always tries to balance itself in all the possible ways. Be it in terms of food chain or be it in terms of environmental conditions of a particular place. Nature inspires us in many ways. Every day right from the early morning till the night falls, hundreds of spectacular things in nature endow us with its various natural appearances that we can seek as a source of inspiration for our perception or aspiration in our day- to-day life. Nature is full of elements of perception, to be more specific, elements such as different shapes, sizes, colors,lights, textures etc. And to perceive these elements one need a creative vision while looking towards it in order to understand the concept of nature and its behavior. There is so much to learn from the surrounding natural environment, there are thousands of colors in nature. Every flower has different color and texture than the other one. Every flower has unique fragrance that gives it a unique identity and so we enjoy the beauty of variety of flowers in nature. Beautiful effect of natural sun light can be seen changing at every hours of the day. The sky in this way displays hundreds of natural light effects throughout the day. Another amazing thing in nature is the ability of some animals to camouflage them self to the background of surrounding environment in which they dwell. Camouflage

commonly involves adaptation of size, shape, color, patterning and behavior and is widespread in the animal kingdom. In one aspect element of nature possess variety of textures on its surface. There are many natural things with rough, smooth, shiny & matt texture. Leafs of plants and trees has different sizes, shapes and textures, this enables us to identify various plants and trees easily. Also it adds variation to the natural world and enhances its beauty. .As we know various natural stones have different finishes such as marble, granite, onyx, khaddapa and so on they possess different color and are either smooth or rough in texture. This gives amazing finish to the surface wherever it is applied in interiors or exteriors of home So is the miraculous thing we notice in nature and it can be taken as a source of inspiration for our purpose of designing.