Dear Humans,

Snowflake Bentley is my hero. He took a thing that he knew well and loved–snowflakes–and dedicated his life to taking pictures of them and learning about them. And in doing so, he taught us to see unique beauty in places we may not have looked before.

Snowflakes form by following simple rules, but out of simple rules grows great diversity. That’s what we see in snowflakes–complexity growing out of simplicity. But we didn’t see it until Snowflake Bentley–with his camera, his discipline, and his lifetime of patient dedication–made us look.

There is still much to be discovered in our world. And it’s not only far off in outer space or deep in our oceans. Some of it is right in front of us. If we have the patience and dedication to really look.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt