The stillness before the first slant of lightning and crack of thunder carries an electric anticipation, like the pause before a powerful piece of music crescendos.
Dark clouds, with their brooding intensity, evoke introspection. There’s a melancholic beauty in their slow, deliberate march across the sky, as if they are harbingers of both chaos and serenity.
For some, this sight means huddling indoors with a book or watching raindrops race down windowpanes. For others, it’s the sense of insignificance in the face of nature’s power that appeals – a reminder that some things are far beyond our control.
In a world that’s often overly bright and fast-paced, there’s a deep comfort in the darkness of an oncoming storm. There’s a satisfaction in the storm‘s inevitability, proof that not all of life’s beauty comes from the sun.