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The struggle of humans living "meanly" is represented in this depiction of a chaotic atmosphere of needless struggle.

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1A: Walden – “Where I lived and What I Lived For”

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1A: Walden – “Where I lived and What I Lived For”

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"Still we live meanly, like ants; though the fable tells us that we were long ago changed into men; like pygmies we fight with cranes; it is error upon error, and clout upon clout, and our best virtue has for its occasion a superfluous and evitable wretchedness."

- Henry David Thoreau

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A physical (and mental) journey through the nature plains of earth. This brings a true sense of freedom.

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"If you are ready to leave father and mother, and brother and sister, and wife and child and friends, and never see them again—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."

- Henry David Thoreau

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The peaceful, serene, and graceful ambiance that is held in nature.

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"In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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DALL·E 2024-10-20 19.42.22 - A serene woodland scene that embodies peace, clarity, and healing in nature. The image shows a lush forest with tall trees, sunlight filtering softly 

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Peace, happiness, and a communal society, all due to the uplifting benefits of a natural environment.

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“For, although the works of nature are innumerable and all different, the result or the expression of them all is similar and single. Nature is a sea of forms radically alike and even unique. A leaf, a sun-beam, a landscape, the ocean, make an analogous impression on the mind.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A contrast of lone difference and individuality to uniformity and repetitive character.

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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

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If everyone provides a verse to the play of life, their city could be so much more than bleak and boring.

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Walt Whitman's poem O Me! O Life! evoked a substantial feeling of responsibility out of me. In his explanation of how life is overflowing with dullness, he provided me with the feeling that the world is lackluster and people live without any feeling of purpose. He later provided a quite simple answer: existence itself. Whitman says life is play and each human can give their own verse. This urged me into realization that I can have a contribution to life as well and bequeathed me with this notion of human purpose being their contribution to life. This connects to the ideas of Transcendentalism because it urges people to seek their own truth and meaning as an offering to the world; a "verse" to this "play."

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An inspiring figure embracing the moment during a vibrant sunrise at the dangerous edge of a cliff.

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"Carpe diem. Even if it kills me."

- Knox Overstreet

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Through my existence, I will provide as much as possible in contribution to this world. I will give perception and listen to all that anyone has to say, truly feeling their different views. I will give knowledge, sharing any intellect I possibly can to help people who need advice. I will give aspiration by urging people to find their own verse to give to the world and provide optimism to bring people up. With these three offerings, I hope to have an amazing effect on this play of life, and keep the story entertaining.

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The city is perfused with modernized industrialization; its soul, which had sought escape so long, is finally in the habitat of nature it longed for with true happiness.

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The city sings a technological beat,

Its voice seems to contain no soul, and it is looked for;

It is unable to be found.

It is shrouded by the chaos of the pixelated screens;

The soul yearns for escape.

It wants its shackles unbonded,

It wants its knots untied,

It wants its cuffs unlocked,

But this is not possible, no, it would be impossible!

Is it so much to ask to have its freedom, to live the way it wants?

The soul has tried, and tried, and tried, but it cannot be freed,

It has given up, until, it hears something. Could it be?

The trees whisper truths which have been unseen,

Beyond the gleaming flicker of digitality.

Their murmurs sound heavenly, calling the soul to wander once more;

It dreams of rivers that run without shackles,

Of skies untampered with by ties and chains.

The soul is no longer bound by the city's technological song,
It has found its solution, and steps past the city's discord,
Into nature, where only tranquility sings.

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This photo from a scene of Ariana Grande's "No Tears Left to Cry" music video depicts her living her life freely and happily, embracing this moment and taking risks.

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5: Modern Day Example of Transcendentalist Thought

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5: Modern Day Example of Transcendentalist Thought

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This hashtag exemplifies a return to nature with its inclusion of tranquility and harmony as well as a picture that provides idyllic scenery.

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#TRANQUILANDHARMONIOUS

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Living it out in a natural setting with the people I love most.

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7A: First Picture of Me Living Out Transcendentalism

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7A: First Picture of Me Living Out Transcendentalism

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A picture of me at Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve; I had a picnic here under the trees and above the grass.

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7B: Second Picture of Me Living Out Transcendentalism

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7B: Second Picture of Me Living Out Transcendentalism

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This photo is after after I finished eating with my family when I decided to go on a walk, so I snapped a picture before I began.

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7C: Third Picture of Me Living Out Transcendentalism

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7C: Third Picture of Me Living Out Transcendentalism

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Society is robotic and living out the specific tenets of Transcendentalism is usually frowned upon.

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8: The Challenges of Living out the Tenets of Transcendentalism

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8: The Challenges of Living out the Tenets of Transcendentalism

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This image of a man in a natural setting with aspects of the modern world displays Transcendentalist ideas at play in modern society.

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Thesis: Transcendentalism can be seen in modern-day life through the impact it has on personal development, specifically through its ideas of nature, self-reliance, and individualism.

Significant Quotes:

"Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.”

“My life is for itself and not for a spectacle."