Aesthetic Beauty

The purpose of the paper that I am writing is to express the aesthetic beauty of the sky that most people do not appreciate. Most people go on their days without looking or acknowledging the night sky, therefore they do not appreciate sky, nor do they value what is above them giving them precious beauty only found at night. My paper will also be focused around how much light pollution there is in the United States, or even the world for that matter, and how it has drastically changed and how people cannot appreciate the night sky to its full extent.

The points/claims I will (or possibly am going to claim) will be based around that people are not aware of such beauty that they can find the night sky. People are so close-minded to things that they do not realize what they can find up at the sky (depending on where they live). This is not going to be in my paper due to the fact that I cannot force people to travel and appreciate the value of the night sky where it is completely dark, but people should take the time to travel outside of their comfort zone to a place that there is no light present except the night sky, and more than likely, they will be in awe of what they see. I will also be making points/claims based around how there is so much light pollution. Yes, it can be a good resource to have in a dark area, and the light is known to protect us from dangers, but with so much light, no one can see the night sky, and really take notice of what it can hold.

You can find such emotion through looking at the night sky that it just relaxes you and it makes you feel safe. The sky is such a vast, open area that can show so many different wonders. People think that they are the center of the earth and there is nothing beyond the earth, but there really is. There's so much in store for people to look at and think about when they see the beauty in the night sky. It bothers me to such a horrid extent how people think that there is only the earth that is around them. The night sky means nothing to some people. ''Oh, it's just the night sky. No big deal.'' To some, it is, especially if they need an escape. 

At this point for my paper, the sources and articles I have found have been based around the topic that is mostly about light pollution, how it is affecting the night sky, and how people favor the night sky. Light pollution is a big deal when it comes to people actually wanting to view the night sky and find beauty in it (like myself, but due to the area and having travel some distance, it is a nuisance, but definitely worth it), but most people do not have the time to go out and spend a few nights underneath the stars and take a break from reality.