This is a picture of Monet's "Corner of the Garden at Montgeron. It reminded me of Schopenhauer's discussion about form. Schopenhauer says that the philosophical meaning of form does not include geometry, but instead includes the materials one uses to "form" or recreate a concept and the form that recreation takes. Schopenhauer says that this sense of the word "form" includes colors, smoothness, texture, and everything else that might be used. In paintings, therefore, we are drawn more to sights of nature than we are of animals:

"Again, what makes the sight of vegetable nature so delightful is the expression of peace, calm, and satisfaction which it has; whereas animal nature often presents itself in a state of unrest, want, misery, and even conflict. Therefore vegetable nature so readily succeeds in putting us into a state pure of knowing which delivers us from ourselves. It is remarkable to see how vegetable nature, even the most ordinary and insignificant, at once displays itself in beautiful picturesque groups in the moment..." (115).

When I was browsing on Google Images to find a painting of nature, I clicked on this image third. While I was originally drawn to the more vibrantly colored paintings that I saw, something about the simplicity (yet inexplainable complexity) of this painting drew me to expand this image. After looking it up, I found out that it is a famous painting from Monet. To me, this is a perfect example of what Schopenhauer discusses above. While geometrically the form of the art is off - trees aren't that small and flat - philosophically, the forms the art piece uses are just on track! Calm colors re-present the neutral and natural colors we see in real nature, plus I can imagine even from looking at a picture of the original painting, that there is a certain unique texture and smoothness to the piece. The "most ordinary and insignificant" image I browsed on Google, turned out to be the most famous and universally recognized image as well.