Nature

The beauty of nature reforms itself in the mind, and not for barren contemplation, but for new creation.

I found this particular part interesting due to the fact that it has meaning on several different levels. On the most literal level, we can draw comparisons to the fact that nature is always growing. This was the first meaning evident to me upon reading "The beauty of nature reforms itself..." This led me to think about how nature is always being revitalized by new seasons. Even during the winter, when many things die, this exile lasts not for long. If left to its own devices, nature is forever flourishing and multiplying, becoming successively more beautiful and numerous. On the more figurative level, taking this passage as a whole allows us to draw comparisons to Eustace Conway. Emerson describes nature as something that does just exists for people to think flippantly about, it exists so that people may draw inspiration from it to create something that is almost as beautiful and magnificent as the original nature itself. Eustace can be drawn into this particular example for very obvious reasons. From an extremely early age, he was inspired by nature. He spent all of the time he could manage immersing himself in it. During the stints when he was unable to immerse himself in it, he would dwell upon this fact. Eustace used nature as his inspiration in order to create things that were themselves of great beauty. The most notable example is Turtle Island, a 1000 acre plot of land he managed to carve out for himself in North Carolina. Drawing inspiration from the nature he loved so, Eustace created a place of great beauty, maintaining the land and building upon it. Eustace Conway is the epitome of Emerson's new creator.