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1A- Quote "Where I Lived and What I Lived For"

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1A- Quote "Where I Lived and What I Lived For"

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"That man who does not believe that each day contains an earlier, more sacred, and auroral hour than he has yet profaned, has despaired of life, and is pursuing a descending and darkening way." - Henry David Thoreau

This picture represents the "auroral hour" that man has yet to experience in isolation with only himself and nature that one can include throughout their life to counter a "despaired life".

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"Living much out of doors, in the sun and wind, will no doubt produce a certain roughness of character—will cause a thicker cuticle to grow over some of the finer qualities of our nature, as on the face and hands, or as severe manual labor robs the hands of some of their delicacy of touch." - Henry David Thoreau

This image applies the "roughness of character" in a positive and idealistic way by showing the solitude with nature and how it eventually shapes us to be stronger and more persistent throughout our lives.

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"The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

This image represents the lightness and warmth that children endure when in nature, which men who retain the "spirit of infancy" can also endure throughout their lives within nature and the Earth.

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"There is no object so foul that intense light will not make beautiful. And the stimulus it affords to the sense, and a sort of infinitude which it hath, like space and time, make all matter gay." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

This image illustrates the idea that beauty is absolutely everywhere and in every aspect and characteristic of nature, including something as simple as autumn leaves and the way nature will always be the center of all things beautiful and joyful.

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"It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

This picture represents the idea of nonconformity within a society and how that can result in "perfect sweetness" through independence and solitude that involves not letting society interfere with one's values and opinions.

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Within his poem, "O Me! O Life!", Walt Whitman wrote in depth and detail about the ways people can impact the world around them through their own verse. Whitman even addresses those who feel they have no purpose in life, which stood out to me the most because there are times when I feel this way and its difficult to stay positive. His answer was that everyone has their own purpose, even if it is discovered later throughout their life. This also applies to the movie "Dead Poets Society", where each character had a purpose and contributed a verse, even those who didn't feel like they had a purpose, such as Todd Anderson. Todd felt as though he wasn't like the other boys because he had a hard time speaking and voicing his values, but Mr. Keating helped him break through and discover his voice by the end of the movie, which was one of my favorite parts.

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Within this scene, Todd felt as though he could voice his value and gratitude for Mr. Keating through a protest or gesture, despite what others believed or thought of him which applies to the transcendentalist tenet of nonconformity and individualism.

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My verse will be giving back to the Earth and to help those who are in need and those who are pushing past their sickness. I will be volunteering through a pre-nursing program and at nursing homes and doing everything I can to help people feel their healthiest. I also try to go on environment cleaning/replenishing projects in which we plant trees and clean up litter that has a negative impact on the environment because I strongly believe we need to take care of the planet we live in.  In the future, I also plan on going through nursing school and helping patients in hospitals and clinics. I also have goals for traveling to different countries to help those who are less fortunate, giving them a chance to be happy and helping them overcome the challenges they experience throughout their lives. As I set these goals for myself and give back to my community, I hope it will inspire others to do this as well by writing their own verse.

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As the tide washes over me
I feel more complete
As the tide washes over me
I feel at peace
Only through the Waves of Solitude
Do I ever really feel like me
For when I am all alone under the water
Staring out into the golden orange of the horizon
As the tide washes over me
I feel no fear, no anxiety

As I am all alone and no one is near
For no sound can be heard over nature's soothing voice
The people cannot appreciate her beautiful voice
But I can
As the tide washes over me
I can hear her sing her siren song
I can hear the beauty of her soul
I can hear the water drifting into the coast
I can hear the sound of the seagulls swooping in the sky
As the Waves of Solitude crash into the sand, I feel truly alive

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Through his song "Sun to Me", Zach Bryan expresses his love for a girl by comparing her to the beautiful and enchanting views of the sun and flowers growing within nature, representing the values of transcendentalism.

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For most of my life, surfing has been a huge hobby of mine during the summer months, and practicing that solitude while being in the water and connection to the surrounding nature of the coast is a large part of transcendentalist values.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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As I was horseback riding on the beach, I was able to appreciate nature and the beautiful beach as well as experience a connection with Coffee the horse through simplistic values.

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Being able to hike above a mountain and looking down at the forest in Cancun, Mexico around me allowed me to experience a feeling of solitude and a peaceful state of mind that I have never felt before.

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As I am preparing to go ride the gorgeous waves of the coast, I feel much more in touch with nature and away from other distractions.

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The increasing use of technology overshadows the tenets of transcendentalism as social media, the internet, and engaging apps replace the natural world and being one with the environment.

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This photograph relates to my essay because it represents the ideas of individualism and self-reliance and how they can be a positive thing when in society through the usage of Transcendentalist principals and the idea to think freely.

Thesis: Transcendentalism communicates the process of contributing one’s own verse to society but also maintaining individualism and self-reliance, which are known as a few of the most important values known to man.

“In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Nature says, — he is my creature, and maugre all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me” (2).

“It takes me by surprise, and yet is not unknown. Its effect is like that of a higher thought or a better emotion coming over me, when I deemed I was thinking justly or doing right” (3).

“every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good” (2).

“Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness” (8).

“all men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable” (15).

“find that the respectable man, so called, has immediately drifted from his position, and despairs of his country, when his country has more reason to despair of him” (19).