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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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"Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail. In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for, that a man has to live, if he would not founder and go to the bottom and not make his port at all, by dead reckoning, and he must be a great calculator indeed who succeeds. Simplify, simplify." - Henry David Thoreau

This image embodies the elements of Thoreau's saying above because it shows an individual trying to simplify their life as much as possible and not having several complications and/or conflicts to deal with, which is what Thoreau encourages society to follow.

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"When sometimes I am reminded that the mechanics and shopkeepers stay in their shops not only all the forenoon, but all the afternoon too, sitting with crossed legs, so many of them—as if the legs were made to sit upon, and not to stand or walk upon—I think that they deserve some credit for not having all committed suicide long ago." - Henry David Thoreau

The image above relates to the quote from Thoreau's "Walking" because it shows one of the thousands of people who are constantly being overworked and not having time for themselves; the image along with the quote help to emphasize the importance of simplifying one's things to do and not being overstimulated from certain things (such as work).

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"Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection. Nature never became a toy to a wise spirit. The flowers, the animals, the mountains, reflected the wisdom of his best hour, as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood...Yet it is certain that the power to produce this delight, does not reside in nature, but in man, or in a harmony of both. It is necessary to use these pleasures with great temperance."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

The image above connects to the excerpt because it provides a visual of what Emerson desires for people to do after reading his work; he believes that someone connecting with nature can help benefit someone, which is similar in how the quote argues that nature can severely create a sense of "delight" and/or pleasure that can positively impact someone.

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"A work of art is an abstract or epitome of the world. It is the result or expression of nature, in miniature. For, although the works of nature are innumerable and all different, the result or the expression of them all is similar and single." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

The image above connects with the quote because both show an emphasis of nature in human existence; Emerson explains how much of an influence nature has on things such as on society, which is similar to how the image displays nature and makes it seem like it is filling up the earth and metaphorically influencing billions of people.

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"Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

The excerpt above relates to the transcendentalist concepts of self-reliance and an importance of the individual because it asserts that when people aren't independent and constantly being bombarded with ideas that they don't agree with, it can cause someone to be limited from what they wish to say (which is a major part of what self-reliance is all about).

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Whitman's poem seems to assert what society can do and what their "verse" is. "O Me! O Life!" helps people establish a purpose and/or reason for their life. His poem inspires people to keep on living and accomplishing their "verses". It helps to establish long-term goals that can create such beneficial things such as relationships, friendships, life skills, and more.

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"Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. Thoreau said, "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation." Don't be resigned to that. Break out!" -John Keating

This captivating scene relates to transcendentalism because it shows the effects of an individual not prioritizing themselves and constantly conforming to what society considers the norm and it helps to emphasize the need for someone to complete these things.

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My verse in life is to help people. I have always dreamed of becoming something related to the medical field, but the catalyst of this desire is from my own personal experience with requiring medical attention. From when I was 2 years old up until around 6 or 7, I had chronic issues with obtaining ear infections causing me to feel immense pain throughout the day and especially when trying to sleep at night. Fortunately, all of these issues were resolved with the help of several doctors, specialists, and otologists that gave me the procedures and medication that were needed. From then on, I knew I wanted to help people; I feel the need to give my aid to them as they did with me years ago.

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Oh how I feel so confined to what society has desired.

Changing everything I do has made me nothing but tired.

Why should I comply with society's beauty standards?

Why should I manipulate my values into the current principles of society?

Why should I be silenced from expressing my true, authentic self?

Why should I be the moth to the flame that we call society?

Have people not heard from the intellectuals' views of Emerson and Thoreau?

Yet we as a whole continue to trap ourselves in society’s expectations.

We constantly live for what society wants, but society should live for what we want.

It isn’t fair to be required to drastically transform ourselves into these unrecognizable beings.

With some of the everlasting restrictions of society being mentioned, modification is evident.

Change of these inconsiderable philosophies is necessary before its harm becomes permanent.

We need to be confident in ourselves.

We need to express ourselves the way we wish to.

We need to reform the archaic and unjust beliefs that society considers to be “correct”.

We need to stop having change control us, but instead have us control change.

It’s unfortunate that generations before have had to deal with society’s chronic nagging.

Being the puppets that these unreasonable standards enjoy to mess with is cruel.

Our generation unfortunately deals with this issue now,

But with time comes change, and with our help, we can end this misery.

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Alessia Cara's enlightening song, "Scars To Your Beautiful", helps to reinforce and highlight the need to reform certain ideologies set by society of things such as certain beauty standards/what is considered "beautiful".

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Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful (Official Audio)

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#NurturedbyNature connects to the transcendentalist tenet of an emphasis on nature because it helps to support how nature is able to heal, simplify, and positively impact anyone.

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Instead of just reading inside my house, I decided to utilize some of the elements of nature that the world provides to society and read outside, which allowed for myself to feel at ease and have a greater motivation to be concentrated in my book.

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After volunteering at SHARP Grossmont Hospital, I decided to try to relax and go to Lake Murray, which allowed me to interact with the wildlife and beautiful sights of nature it had.

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In this image, my fellow volunteers and I decided to support San Diego's annual Heart & Stroke Walk, which chronically involved Thoreau's ideas of walking, thinking, and interacting with nature.

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Claim: Transcendentalism continues to have its everlasting effects on society, but things such as artificial intelligence (AI) and several technological advancements challenge it from having a major impact.

As shown in the image, AI and some technological advancements can make people lazy when doing certain tasks and it prevent then from following the transcendentalist tenets of self-reliance and interacting with nature.

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Thesis: Transcendentalist ideas—nature, self-reliance, and individualism—have continued to remain relevant in today’s society when dealing with people’s mental health issues, how to live an nonconforming life, and being able to deal with societal beauty standards.

Quotes:

1. "Both of these examples of nature being added into people’s lives as well as Thoreau;s anecdote and reasoning of living “deliberately” with nature help to show how nature is able to purify and cleanse the mind of an individual and can greatly help to deal with several issues and conflicts that occur in life."

2. "As Thoreau explains how an individual is constantly having to identify and associate with what his government wants, it helps to show how several governments and/or higher powers limit people’s personal freedom and important of the individual (themselves)"

3. "Emerson’s metaphorical analogy of society being a “joint-stock company” elaborates on how society’s ideas are constantly created/based upon millions of people and never value the individual and their opinions/rights."