The rain is such an underrated weather condition. There’s so much hype around sunny days. Sun is great and all, but it can kill you so many ways - if you look up into it, you’ll go blind. But not rain! I love looking up and watching the rain. Although, the sky is never indigo here, its always gray. But I do like a black and white sky with a lil rainbow. It’s minimal, elegant, chic. BTW I’d love to see some Sunday Candy rain polaroids someday.
The sun also kills you by burning your skin! Rain doesn’t. It’s always a relief to get rained on after a very dry hot day. (Unless it’s acid rain of course, but that’s kind of rare.)
Best of all, IMO, rain makes the most beautiful soothing sound. I love waking up to the sound of rain. So calming, so cozy, the perfect background to meditate. The sun doesn’t make noise. I wish it did, but my guess is it would probably be fiery death metal music… Not. My. Vibe.
But in all seriousness, I resonate with your perspective on such a typically negatively viewed experience. I agree that “rainy days shimmer in their own ways.” I really do see how the rain shows us the right moments to shine, by slowing us down, drowning out most of the nonsense of our day, and allowing us to focus on those purely wonderful acts of joy. The unexpected pops of color and brightness, through literal color, or through acts of kindness, like the man who’s picking up the neighborhood trash cans. I’m visualizing the flowers in the fountain as an ethereal visual experience. What kind of flowers were they? Why were they in the fountain? Were they full and lush and overflowing the fountain? Who put them there? I WANT TO SEE IT.
PS: it snowed today :) for the first time this year! AND it stuck. It was a major inconvenience when it immediately iced over the sidewalk and my car, but it was beautiful.
There is A LOT of anti-sun/pro-rain propaganda happening here — it’s causing mixed feelings in me. But I'm laughing at rainbows being "chic."
On the point of the sun not making noise: I think silent is okay. Sometimes feeling is stronger than sound anyway. And the sun brings on a lot of feeling. Rain noise is sometimes soothing when it’s light cute pitter pattering. Sometimes it's just heavy and intense and scary.
This reminded me how Josh Waitzkin taught his son to say “It’s a beautiful rainy day!”, everytime it rained, and they’d go out and play under the rain. It’s all a matter of perspective.
And the powerful part is that this thing about seeing beauty in places where you usually wouldn’t find beauty, that you so perfectly describe, can be applied to anything “negative” if we just keep this thought, or this issue, in mind :)
Ah! I think I read that in either Tribe or Titans a couple of years ago? One of those books. I'll have to do a revisit. That's solid advice!
It almost seems weird and insignificant because it is such a small thing in the grand scheme of things, but this has been an important perspective shift for me. Going back to what you just shared; it's a small thing that is definitely part of a much larger thing.
The rain is such an underrated weather condition. There’s so much hype around sunny days. Sun is great and all, but it can kill you so many ways - if you look up into it, you’ll go blind. But not rain! I love looking up and watching the rain. Although, the sky is never indigo here, its always gray. But I do like a black and white sky with a lil rainbow. It’s minimal, elegant, chic. BTW I’d love to see some Sunday Candy rain polaroids someday.
The sun also kills you by burning your skin! Rain doesn’t. It’s always a relief to get rained on after a very dry hot day. (Unless it’s acid rain of course, but that’s kind of rare.)
Best of all, IMO, rain makes the most beautiful soothing sound. I love waking up to the sound of rain. So calming, so cozy, the perfect background to meditate. The sun doesn’t make noise. I wish it did, but my guess is it would probably be fiery death metal music… Not. My. Vibe.
But in all seriousness, I resonate with your perspective on such a typically negatively viewed experience. I agree that “rainy days shimmer in their own ways.” I really do see how the rain shows us the right moments to shine, by slowing us down, drowning out most of the nonsense of our day, and allowing us to focus on those purely wonderful acts of joy. The unexpected pops of color and brightness, through literal color, or through acts of kindness, like the man who’s picking up the neighborhood trash cans. I’m visualizing the flowers in the fountain as an ethereal visual experience. What kind of flowers were they? Why were they in the fountain? Were they full and lush and overflowing the fountain? Who put them there? I WANT TO SEE IT.
PS: it snowed today :) for the first time this year! AND it stuck. It was a major inconvenience when it immediately iced over the sidewalk and my car, but it was beautiful.
There is A LOT of anti-sun/pro-rain propaganda happening here — it’s causing mixed feelings in me. But I'm laughing at rainbows being "chic."
On the point of the sun not making noise: I think silent is okay. Sometimes feeling is stronger than sound anyway. And the sun brings on a lot of feeling. Rain noise is sometimes soothing when it’s light cute pitter pattering. Sometimes it's just heavy and intense and scary.
One day I will witness a snowy day in action.
This reminds me of...
https://youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?feature=shared
☔️
I actually really love this video -- serotonin instantly increased
I'mma watch it again
HAHAHA right?! It's addictive
This reminded me how Josh Waitzkin taught his son to say “It’s a beautiful rainy day!”, everytime it rained, and they’d go out and play under the rain. It’s all a matter of perspective.
And the powerful part is that this thing about seeing beauty in places where you usually wouldn’t find beauty, that you so perfectly describe, can be applied to anything “negative” if we just keep this thought, or this issue, in mind :)
Ah! I think I read that in either Tribe or Titans a couple of years ago? One of those books. I'll have to do a revisit. That's solid advice!
It almost seems weird and insignificant because it is such a small thing in the grand scheme of things, but this has been an important perspective shift for me. Going back to what you just shared; it's a small thing that is definitely part of a much larger thing.
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