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Article 1 - American Transcendentalism and Analysis of Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance" 

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Article 1 - American Transcendentalism and Analysis of Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance" 

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By: Steven A. Carbone II

This article explains the importance of transcendentalism to society and Emerson's key ideas. The author stated that transcendentalists, like Emerson,  "drew upon the philosophies and religions of the world to push forth their ideas of the importance of the self in spiritual life." The individual must rely on self-reliance for moral and intellectual development.

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Song 1 - Here Comes The Sun    (The Beatles)

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Song 1 - Here Comes The Sun    (The Beatles)

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Lyrics:
Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right

This song expresses transcendentalism by showing how nature has an affect on someone even if they don’t realize it. When the sun rises, it can make anything feel better.

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This image defines transcendentalism by the roots coming from the mans body. The roots are symbolizing nature and how important nature is to the individual. Everyone has their own "roots of nature" that they need to discover to truly find themselves.

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“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
- Thoreau, Walden

This quote shows transcendentalism by explaining the importance of Thoreau's experiments. He discovered that in order to have success in your life, you must first encounter your dreams and work hard to accomplish them. You must live your life the way you imagined without influence from anyone else.

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This is an image of a man on top of a mountain that he climbed by himself. It symbolizes transcendentalism by showing how the man depended on self reliance to accomplish his goal. People can accomplish anything with the power of self-reliance.

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"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air."
- Emerson

Emerson is explaining that you must live in nature to truly find yourself. You must be exposed to the sunlight, swim, breathe the air, and many more things in nature to discover who you really are.

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Article 2 - At Walden, Thoreau Wasn’t Really Alone With Nature

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Article 2 - At Walden, Thoreau Wasn’t Really Alone With Nature

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By: John Kaag and Clancy Martin

This article talks about what Thoreau did during his time in Walden and how transcendentalism affected him.  It also talks about how Thoreau impacted the world even after he had past. Many people tried to live life exactly how Thoreau did. An example is Brister Freeman, a black man who was one of the original inhabitants of Walden Woods.

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Song 2 - We Never Change                 (Coldplay)

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Song 2 - We Never Change                 (Coldplay)

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Lyrics:
I wanna live life, never be cruel,
I wanna live life, be good to you.
I wanna fly, never come down,
And live my life, and have friends around.

This song is associated with transcendentalism because it expresses free thought and nonconformity. The lyrics show that he doesn't want to be like the others and doesn't want to follow the crowd. He wants to live his own life and his own journey by being himself.

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This photo is a tree shaped like a person's head. It symbolizes transcendentalism and the importance of living in nature to find yourself.

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This artwork of a waterfall symbolizes transcendentalism by expressing what it truly is. Transcendentalism is a natural philosophy that examines the true meanings of nature and reality.

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This may be an image of a man who's lost in the desert, but getting lost is the only way of finding yourself. This image is associated with transcendentalism by showing a man in nature trying to find himself. The greatest adventure you can experience is finding yourself.

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Podcast - Philip Gura’s American Transcendentalism

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Podcast - Philip Gura’s American Transcendentalism

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This podcast talks about the importance of American Transcendentalism and how it affects society.

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Philip Gura's American Transcendentalism

Emersonians, awake!

Evening Grosbeaks & American Dawn

You regulars from the comment thread know who you are: mynocturama, peggysue, bobby, allison, nother and of course, potter, among the vast and various summer circle ...

We're wallowing in the transcendent mystery of things with Philip Gura, the author of American Transcendentalism: A History. Gura is an eminent professor of literature and culture at the University of North Carolina, but he's also "one of us," avid in the non-dogmatic, non-exclusive pursuit of the ecstatic, the invisible, the divine.

Toward the end of this conversation, Philip Gura explains how it began for him, 44 years ago. He was a child in Ware, Massachusetts, the son of immigrant mill folk, when he came upon a nest of "huge, garrulous, yellow birds eating choke cherries." When he wrote to the American Museum of Natural History for help identifying his find, the great ornithologist Dean Amadon wrote him directly to say the birds had to be evening grosbeaks, cousins of the goldfinch.

Naturalist and Prophet: HDT

Birds and New England nature led to Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau led to the genius moment and the genius cluster of the American renaissance in Concord - writers, thinkers, social consciences that to this day "represent something about our past that we want to be part of" and a key that perhaps hasn't been turned all the way in the door of American life.

The insistent voice of Mary McGrath asks, as always: "Okay, Chris, what's the question for listeners?"

Okay, Mary, here it is: Do the mostly sectarian, literalist and Fundamentalist questions around our politics of 2008 prove that transcendentalist impulses thrive - or expired long ago? Does the tempest that Mitt Romney, for example, has stirred around himself and his Mormonism mark a dismal falling-off - or rather an amazing continuity - of the old transcendentalist passion about faith, spirit and the religious underpinnings of this nation's life. Extra points for apt Emersonian quotes. And extra-extra points for apt quotes from other than Emerson.

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Emersonians, awake! Evening Grosbeaks & American Dawn You regulars from the comment thread know who you are: mynocturama, peggysue, bobby, allison, nother and of course, potter, among the vast and various summer circle ... We're wallowing in the transcendent mystery of things with Philip Gura, the author of American Transcendentalism: A History .

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The video is basic summary of transcendentalism and its importance in American history.

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Song 3 - Turning Tables                      (Adele)

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Song 3 - Turning Tables                      (Adele)

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Lyrics:
I won't let you close enough to hurt me
No, I won't rescue you to just desert me
I can't give you a heart you think you gave me
It's time to say goodbye to turning tables
To turning tables

Transcendentalism relates to this song by the use of self-reliance. In the song, the girl is ready to move on with her life and is tired of not being in control of her own life. She wants to take back her life and live it in her own way.

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Poem - Enosis                                              (Christopher Pearse Cranch) 

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Poem - Enosis                                              (Christopher Pearse Cranch) 

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Stanza used:
Heart to heart was never known:
Mind with mind did never meet:
We are columns left alone,
Of a temple once complete.

This poem explains the importance of transcendentalism by expressing how people need to use their heart and mind to become their true self and discover who they are. We have to know our hearts and meet with our minds to truly find the reality of our society.

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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
- Emerson

This quote by Emerson expresses the true importance of being yourself. You can't live life to the fullest if you are living a controlled life. Being yourself and living life the way you want to is the only was to have success.

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“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
- Thoreau

In this quote, Thoreau states that he would rather have the truth then money, love, and fame. As a transcendentalist, Thoreau doesn't need anyone to love or any money to spend on, all he needs is himself, knowledge, and the truth.