Windows

To me, windows are just humanity admitting that we would prefer to be outside.
In my apartment I always have my window shades drawn so that I can look out.
I could not even think of a building without them.
How dreary would it be?
I could not imagine simply being stuck inside a room without being able to briefly connect again with nature.

I find it a distraction however... during my hours where I must study.
I feel as if there is a magnetic force pulling me to look to the outside world.
I have been known to leave my studies and go out for a hike... simply because nature was calling me from the other side.

I believe, however, that I would be much more productive without this portal to nature.
Even at this moment I feel my eyes lifting from the computer screen to look outside.

This is a natural thing... it is only recently that humans have done everything indoors.
It seems unnatural to me that we shut ourselves in.
Where is the room to breathe?
What is so terrible about sitting in the grass?
Would our minds be more at ease if we took more time to look out of a window?

Ever since I was younger I have been told that focusing is important.
I would sit in my grade school class... in the little chair.... and look out at the butterflies dancing outside.
Teachers looked down on this behavior... this natural behavior...
What brought us indoors?
Maybe it is time we do outside.. instead of looking out of a window.

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