hey everyone
my name is nina williams and i'm a
professional climber based right here in
boulder colorado
and today i'll be your camp counselor
for the north face
base camp summer camp what i've noticed
is
everything around us is made up of
shapes
so today i'm really excited we're gonna
go take a walk
out at my favorite open space park here
in boulder
so let's get out explore the world and
see what we can find
wildflowers are a really easy place to
find
all of the shapes in nature it's got
that nice color
kind of matches my jacket i found a
really cool shape
a couple really cool shapes in the form
of the colorado bristle thistle
check it out this thing is nuts there's
a couple shapes here
you can see the triangles that make up
the leaves
super pointy bit but also you can see
the circle
that makes up the whole flower itself
the circles are actually the
parent shape the shape to end all shapes
because any shape can fit inside of a
circle a circle is well known
for balance and continuity
okay check out the shapes on this cactus
they're like horns
just be careful not to touch them partly
because of the prickers
but also because it's just generally
good to leave things in nature
as they are you can see all these shapes
come to life
in between the grass blades
and then if you look even higher you can
see
any shape you want in the clouds there's
a lot to make out
in nature anywhere you look
it's pretty cool it's like the flower
version of honeycomb
one thing to look out for as you take
your walk
are shapes that don't necessarily belong
in nature now when we see
shapes like that shape
does not belong in nature
what do you guys think of this shape now
that we found some of our favorite
shapes out
in nature we're going to try and come
home
and recreate them just for memory
with things that are already on the
ground on our way back
i found a couple more things found some
pieces of trash too
but i'm gonna make it part of my design
and let's see what we can come up with
let's clear our canvas here i think one
of my favorite shapes throughout the
walk was probably a circle
and so we're gonna start with the golf
ball i'm going to make
like the points of a compass here
oh it's so pretty already
sides look you can see the circle
already forming
let's put some rocks in here to really
edge out the sides
it's really it's keeping the golf ball
company we're just gonna take one of
these
and put it right on top
and there you go that is my
geometric shape collected from
natural items from the ground and a
little bit of trash
all right everyone that concludes our
nature walk
and thank you so much for joining me on
this awesome excursion
have a great rest of your day and i'll
see you outside
next time
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