Snow can inspire reflection on simplicity and beauty in nature. According to Lao Tzu, one need not do anything special to be oneself, just as snow geese do not need to bathe to appear white. Claudio Abbado finds the sound of falling snow soothing, likening its minimal sound to the faintest notes in music. Antoinette van Kleeff observes that when it snows, nature seems most still and listening. Mary Oliver describes snowfall as resembling stars filling trees, its only purpose being loveliness to behold.