Robert Romano

Nature is a powerful force that so often is taken for granted. Unfortunately, the beauty of nature is disregarded by many. Nature is continuously polluted by modern technology and progressive industrialization. The more humans build, the more disregarded nature becomes. A select few amount of careful observers will see many monuments on the picturesque Geneseo campus like the gazebo.

The Geneseo gazebo is beautiful in an innumerable amount of ways. It is a perfect representation of how nature and artificially crafted objects can co-exist together. The gazebo serves as a fantastic space in which students and faculty alike can feel more at home on the Geneseo campus. Even though it is a man-made structure, the gazebo actually gives the campus a more natural feel. The gazebo has many purposes which include magnifying sunsets and making each beautiful sunset look as if one has never seen a sunset before. Also, it shows the true beauty of the cosmos that we are able to observe. The topography of the Geneseo campus is completed by the Gazebo as it perfectly intertwines with the hills of Geneseo. I am a Long Island native and it is unusual for me to see such open land. It’s magnificent to see nature in such a calm state and to have the gazebo not look artificial, but indeed hand crafted by nature.

We must all learn to embrace nature and appreciate the true beauty of it as it is in all of our roots.