Finding beauty and joy in nature, in everyday things and everyday lives and realities is not escapism, nor a dereliction of duty in these increasingly dire and depressing times, but a way of reminding ourselves that there is more to life than the screeching and posturing that fills our ears, or the doom-scrolling of social media that consumes our time.

It is a way of reminding ourselves of our better natures, our connectedness to all things, our responsibilities and duty of care towards one another and towards the planet we share, and a reminder, ultimately, that we are just passing through.