Today in class we discussed the idea that everything in our world or life is a representation of a deeper more philosophical meaning. When giving this more consideration and thought, very interesting idea arises. If considering the fact that art is an imitation of an imitation and thinking that everything has a deeper more philosophical representation, this ideal can apply to nature as well. One may argue that nature is a constant entity. Being so, there is no possible explanation for it being an imitation of an imitation. Consider that even though nature and the world around us is not an imitation of some other form of nature of the world, but merely a representation of a simpler existence, then it can be considered an imitation of an imitation. Nature is a deeper and more complex representation of the forms, the most basic and simplistic idea of ideas and thought. Therefore, nature is art in itself, considering it is an imitation of the imitation of the forms which spawn from the most basic ideas and thoughts.
Therefore, with this in mind, the question can arise, if nature is a deeper representation of the forms, is nature art?
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