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In this quote, Ralph Waldo Emerson states that life can go in any direction, and it is not just a set path.

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The video explains the four main steps to Transcendentalism: Taking in nature, moving into nature, civil disobedience, and following the principles.

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In this photo, I took a picture of my backyard, because I am literally surrounded by what Transcendentalism is centered around- Nature.

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In the article, the author states that Transcendentalism is a blend of appreciating nature and living life with the bare necessities. The article goes on about the history about Transcendentalism, including history about the Transcendentalism Group.

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In, "Song of Nature", Emerson uses personifying terms to describe the Sun, the Moon, and Nature itself.

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In "Fields of Gold", Steve Borden describes the sun as if it were a person, and he describes when he is gone, that he'll be remembered by the wind.
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You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Upon the fields of Barley
You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
As we walk in fields of gold

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In this quote, Ralph Waldo Emerson essentially describes Transcendentalism- taking in nature, and becoming one with it.

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In "Dreams", Eddie Van Halen sings about leaving normal life behind, and conforming to Transcendentalism.
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Better change your tune, yeah
Reach for the golden ring
Reach for the sky
Baby just spread your wings

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Strewn across my house are these deer and goat heads, from when my dad hunted. I find these heads as a source of Transcendentalism, because I am surrounded by nature.

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In the article, the author describes that transcendentalism is living life with the most basic necessities, as well as describing that a transcending person

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In the podcast, Philip Gura states that Transcendentalism is an 'opening up' of the American religious experience. He goes on to say that Transcendentalists aren't held down by anything modern. They also fed off of an oversoul that flowed through each Transcendentalist.

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In this painting, the artist depicts man becoming one with nature, which is the main purpose of transcendentalism.

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In this quote, Henry David Thoreau states that the world that we live in is filled with endless possibilities and it is up whatever one wants to do.

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In "It's My Life", Jon Bon Jovi sings about accepting life, and living it to the fullest.
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It's my life

It's now or never

I ain't gonna live forever

I just want to live while I'm alive

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In this quote, Henry David Thoreau states that your life is only as good as you make it.

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Hope for Sound Awakening, painted by Cameron Gray, illustrates what people mentally go through when they undergo Transcendentalism. When one conforms to transcendentalism, they transcend to the basic necessities in life.