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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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"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor."
-Walden Thoreau

This image represents the quote, because the man taking himself up the staircase represents someone improving their life by their own choice and "conscious endeavor" to do so, only depending on themselves, as Walden described.

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"If you have paid your debts, and made your will, and settled all your affairs, and are a free man-then you are ready for a walk."
-The Atlantic Thoreau

This image represents the quote, because the woman molding the earth under her influence has put herself entirely into self-realization in the bowels of nature, as mentioned in the quote how walking, an actively that requires a lack of distractions as mentioned by Thoreau.

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"I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God."
-Nature Emerson

This image represents the quote, because it is a picture of nature from the perspective of a human observing its beauty. This appreciation of nature demonstrates the transcendental idea of returing to the marvels of nature, as Emerson describes in the quote when speaking about being a part of everything, and therefore seeing everything.

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"Noting is quite beautiful alone: nothing but is beautiful in the whole. A single object is only so far beautiful as it suggests this universal grace."
-Beauty Emerson

This image represents the quote, because the image has a superficial beauty upon first inspection, but as every piece comes together it is realized that such a great diversity can still coexist, and must, symbolizing the transcendental concept of everyone being individual yet a part of one universe. Emerson comments on this too, stating that natural beauty appears in the community of individuals of nature.

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"It is easy in solitude to live after our own, but the gret man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."
-Nature Emerson

The image displays a man alone, yet forced to watch the world around him. This represents the tenet of individualism even if society forces people to be responsible for, and receptive of, one another's opinions, which is what Emerson wrote about, illustrating how the greatest person will still be able to define the boundaries of their own thoughts when other people's are flowing throughout their mind.

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I think the poem represents the idea everyone wishes was true, but is not always able to turn into a reality. Emerson speaks about how life is meaningless if those participating in it do not give life its meaning. This preaches a sense of self dependency that comes forth based on what one chooses to do with their life. Emerson describes how everyone can bring meaning into their life by defining the prospect they wish to bring forth from their life, for themselves and others. This quote demonstrates that even the expected parts of life can be flipped on their head and instead motivate the person contributing to do it for what they can do with their actions, rather than simply going through the motions.

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This person taking risks that provide self-satisfaction represents the individual desires of Neil, symbolic of the tenet of rejecting traditional establishment.

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I want to be a teacher. Being a teacher is more than simply teaching students, it is showing them who they are as people, what their interests and passions can be translated into. I want to be a teacher, because I want to be the foundation of the dreams of students. I want to show them that they are capable of what they imagined to be possible. Everyone is always surrounded by negativity that tries to teach them the “reality” of things, but too often they are simply discouraging and limiting others. I want to not only educate my students on math and science, but show them that everyone has lied to them when speaking of what they can and cannot do.

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lights, lights, lights,
flickering, flashing, flowing,
curving over the wet asphalt,
bouncing rays gliding off of windows,
bouncing rays pushing against umbrellas,
step, step, step,
squelch, squelch, squelch,
bubbles forming under people's footprints,
foaming sound weaving between people,
half-smiles, fake chuckles, trapped joy,
"it's not the right weather,"
"what gloomy clouds,"
why not change your perspective?

eyes, eyes, eyes,
watching, observing, consuming,
see people, speak to people,
interact, and socialize,
voices echo around the walls and return,
hugging their speakers, warmth,
forward, forward, forward,
constant evolution,
take a moment to pause,
see the world around you,
take it, abuse it, be it,
jump, scream, run,
run, run and dash, puddles splash,
the world is your foundation,
"I'm not sure,"
"what if I don't do it right?"
choose to be ready,
choose to be correct,
and have fun!

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Defunding the Police is a movement against police brutality, and the self-feeding prison system, which applies to the tenet of being involved in social reform.

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5: Modern Transcendentalism: Defunding the Police

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5: Modern Transcendentalism: Defunding the Police

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This quote shows the tenet of returning to nature, because he hike replenishing my calm mindset in the presence of nature.

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7A: Watching animals at the zoo in Los Cabos

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7A: Watching animals at the zoo in Los Cabos

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Observing the peacock and flamingos at the zoo in a different country, with their flamboyant, flickering, flinching colors, and their sharp, echoing cries helps me transcend by the joy I felt by simply being in the presence of such a powerfully beautiful creation of nature.

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7B: Watching the street lights in the soft rain

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7B: Watching the street lights in the soft rain

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Watching the blurry lights move and change, with the soft pitter-patter of the rain, helps me transcend by enjoying the observation of urban-focused nature.

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Watching the fireworks with their brilliant, blinding surges of light, and their deafening explosions of sound, followed by the soft sizzle and crackle of their light draining away, helps me transcend by showing me the beauty of nature being bent into a modern display, while conserving its powerful behavior.

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The transcendental concept of not conforming to pre-existing notions is represented, and the need to organize shows the difficulty in modern nonconformity.

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One challenge to living out transcendentalism in today’s society is that from childhood, people develop with a dependency on the society already existing before them, that is structured to protect its own survival through its trapped members.

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The image demonstrates that psychological nonconformity does mean purposefully opposing society, but instead choosing to only follow one's own truths.

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Transcendentalism shows people how to mirror nature to become self-reliant individuals who contribute to society by being educated in the freedom of their own thoughts, and therefore being an influential representative of the universe from their place in it.

Insights:
"Nature is perfect not due similarity between its different parts, but the way these different parts maintain their individuality, yet still come together in a perfect harmony, irrespective of their differences, which can educate people on how the universe operates, by using the individuality present in its life forms, that come together into a peaceful balance."
"Being an independent thinker relies on the trust in one’s own mind, which they must believe is representing the truth when they have discovered it, or else the entire journey to discover the truth was ineffective due to the seeker’s ignorance of themselves."
"In the real world, if every person were strong an independent, they would all fall into the same routine of attempting to dominate others so there version of the world is more likely to reach fruition, and this would simply recycle the same oppressive way of living that each of them wanted to escape, only from the perspective of another ruler."