[Reading Notes] Follow his eyes to rediscover the beauty of the world - "Diary of a Young Naturalist"

I'm Darla, talk back, an acorn. (Omitted) I have the naturalist's Xiling, the mind of a quasi-scientist, and I am bored with the indifference and destruction of the natural world by human beings from the bottom of my heart. The words poured out on these pages express my connection to wildlife, try to explain the way I see the world, and how we as a family weather storms together.

Recently, because of the Korean drama "The Very Lawyer Yu Yingzhen", many discussions about autism have been triggered. Through the interpretation of actor Park Eun Bin (박은빈), many viewers have also realized the difficulties that patients may face when adapting to the real society. However, compared to the imitation of others, how do autistic people actually feel, experience life, and even the world? The publication of this "Diary of a Young Naturalist" has somewhat opened another window of understanding for readers.

Nature observation diaries written by people with autism

Author Dara McAnulty (Dara McAnulty) is a teenage autistic patient who loves nature, and this book, as its name suggests, was written by him when he was 14 years old and experienced spring, summer, autumn and winter. It consists of the contents of the diary written down. In this work, which focuses on observing nature, it covers hundreds of creatures, and is supplemented by Northern Ireland's history, legends, and even the local language, making the content more diverse and rich. With the author's words, readers can also see the flow of the world from the perspective of autistic people, and understand the difficulties and struggles they must face in their studies.

It may be said that it is not so much the "perspective of an autistic person", it should be said that it is close to the perspective of innocence. Before we learned to receive a large amount of information that needs to be filtered at a time, maybe you and I were like Dara, who could only focus on one item. things, and ecstatic over the little things. If the visual field is used as an analogy, Dara's diary seems to allow readers to enter a virtual microscope, and taste the mysteries of nature through the microscopic world. Following his record, readers will see how he cherished nature, even taking to the streets, giving speeches, and meeting with government officials, expecting to bring about change, and in the process will be amazed that he was once described by his teacher as "unable to put Sentences strung into paragraphs" problem children.

Because convenience and technology keep us away from nature

Only Dad is not autistic, which makes Dara's childhood gain more empathy, but this does not mean that the cruelty of society has been reduced in any way. The opposite of seeing nature as a shelter for protection is not only the teacher's evaluation, but also from the sentence "You will feel unaccustomed to not being bullied", you can also experience the dangers that autistic patients have to face since childhood. At the same time, the diary also pointed out that the modern education system is out of touch with nature, modernity and progress keep people away from nature, etc., because of the dilemma brought by technology.

Wildlife is my sanctuary. When I sit and watch, adults often ask me if I'm okay. As if normal people shouldn't just sit and look at the world, understand things, and watch how other species live their lives. Wildlife never disappoints like humans. In my eyes, nature has a pure quality, not pretentious.

After reading "The Diary of a Young Naturalist", it may be inevitable to think of how long it has been since I left the urban jungle, really walked into nature, and even observed the creatures that were close to my eyes. Perhaps as Dara said, we should all "bring nature in and bring ourselves out" in our lives, and let the beauty of the world heal and fill our increasingly empty hearts.

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