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"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan- like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it" (P3)

This picture represents the quote as the quote describes the woods, and living life in isolation, as well living a simple, forward life. The picture represents that too with the woods, also the ideals of the quote relate to transcendentalism as transcendentalism values nature, and simple, isolated living.

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"I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least—and it is commonly more than that—sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements." (P7)

This quote represents transcendentalism as it highlights the aspect of spending alone time in nature, which is a key part of transcendentalism, I picked the image because it represents the quote as the image represents what is being described in the image.

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"To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches." (P1)

This quote represents transcendentalism as it talks about how a man can really go into solitude and appreciate life. I picked the starry image as it refers to the "heavenly worlds" described in the quote.

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"There is still another aspect under which the beauty of the world may be viewed, namely, as it becomes an object of the intellect. Beside the relation of things to virtue, they have a relation to thought. The intellect searches out the absolute order of things" (P3)

I picked this quote because it shows what beauty is in terms of transcendentalism, and that is thought/curiosity. I picked the image because it shows what curiosity looks like, and because the quote referred to curiosity as being beauty.

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" it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." (P10, final paragraph)

I picked this quote because I think it is the best way to incorporate transcendentalism into current society, by making a balance. I picked this image because it shows someone who is in a crowd minding his own business, which is a bit transcendentalist.

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The movie "Dead Poets Society" was quite interesting to me, I found it incredibly interesting as it took a pretty shady turn at the end of the movie. The ending was dark overall, there was no good ending, which makes me question is the movie attacking transcendentalism or supporting it? It may be a dumb question, but as the movie goes on, and the cast becomes more and more transcendental with their club, the more things go wrong, and eventually it ends in Neil's suicide because he can't express himself and pursue his passion. Although the rest of the cast does become more transcendental, overall, the movie ends pretty darkly, as for the poem, I found it kind of similar to the movie, as it questions the purpose of life, but instead of ending with suicide, it ends with Whitman giving a purpose to life.

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The friends in Dead Poets Society getting together in their cave to read poems, hang out in nature, and goof around was a striking element as it showed their development through transcendentalist thinking.

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What will my verse be? It's a question I've only recently asked myself, but its a rich question nonetheless that I can't say for certain. There are many verses I want to write for the world, I want to be a strong independent human being that can live on my own, without disrupting other people. I want to be a successful person with anything money can buy. But what I want most is to make the people around me smile. I want to be someone people are comfortable around, I want to be someone anyone can express themselves around, I want to make people smile.

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So sometimes I wonder if I'm truly alive,
Am I really seeing the beauty of the world?
Am I really feeling the beauty of the world?
Am I really alive if I worry for tomorrow?
Am I really alive if I worry about the past?
Am I really alive if all I feel is stress?
Am I really alive if all I feel is anguish?
Am I really alive if I only care for what others think of me?
Am I really alive if I only care for work and accomplishment?
Am I really alive?

To be alive is to experience the current,
To be alive is to give time to yourself,
To be alive is to be in nature,
To be alive is to see the sky and its blue sights,
To be alive is to feel the air and its cold touch,
To be alive is to hear the birds and their soft chirp,
To be alive is to smell the night and its fresh dew,
To be alive is to taste the freshest water and its springs,
That is what it is to be alive,
So sometimes I wonder if I'm truly alive

(For the picture I used, it's a picture I took in Germany. The nature described in the poem is based on this photo.)

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https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2019/04/10/health-nature-science-outside

It is an article about how spending just 30 minutes in nature every day can have so many benefits, which is related to transcendentalism.

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Being one with nature and spending time with nature is in my opinion the best tenet of transcendentalism, so my hashtag is, #BeOneWithNature.

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This picture was taken while I was writing down random things that came to my head and writing transcendentalist poems, it's actually how I came up with the poem I used in this project, it relates to Transcendentalism as I am writing poems, and also reminiscing on life, just jotting down things that come to my head.

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In this photo I'm spending time in nature and just enjoying nature, which is one of the tenets of transcendentalism.

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In this photo I was just watching the sunset while thinking, doing this actually really lightened my mood and refreshed me a lot, it relates to transcendentalism as I'm spending time in nature alone, and just clearing my head and pondering.

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8 Difficulties of Living Transcendentalism Today Image

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8 Difficulties of Living Transcendentalism Today Image

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I picked this photo as it relates to my claim that it is more difficult to live by Transcendental ideals due to technology, work, and people living in urban areas.

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Thesis: Transcendentalism teaches people how to live by nature and how to become more independent as it promotes spending time with yourself, spending time with nature, and expanding your curiosity and knowledge.

Quotes:
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” (P3)

"I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least—and it is commonly more than that—sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements." (P7)

" it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." (P10)

"To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches." (P1)

"There is still another aspect under which the beauty of the world may be viewed, namely, as it becomes an object of the intellect. Beside the relation of things to virtue, they have a relation to thought. The intellect searches out the absolute order of things" (P3)

"There is still another aspect under which the beauty of the world may be viewed, namely, as it becomes an object of the intellect. Beside the relation of things to virtue, they have a relation to thought. The intellect searches out the absolute order of things" (P16)