Transcendentalism Project by Ian MacLellan https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61 en-us 2019-01-29 01:35:55 UTC 2023-06-16 11:30:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png Song 1 striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/325214234 "What's Going On?" by Marvin Gaye
Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today, eheh
Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today, oh oh oh
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
Oh, what's going on
What's going on
Yeah, what's going on
Ah, what's going on
In the mean time
]]> 2019-01-29 01:49:21 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/325214234 Song 1 Analysis striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/325216335 In this song, Marvin Gaye is conveying that "war is not the answer" and "love can conquer hate." Transcendentalist writers like Thoreau and Emerson didn't believe in war and knew that there are better ways to solve an issue. Marvin Gaye thought of this idea when he wrote the song during the height of the Vietnam War. He wanted to tell people that they should ask questions about what's going on.]]> 2019-01-29 02:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/325216335 Image 1 striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/325218971 This picture is called The Goddess of Sacred Union. When I look at this painting, I think it truly represents all of nature together controlled by a single entity, Mother Nature. She guides the universe as an intelligence. ]]> 2019-01-29 02:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/325218971 Podcast striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/325229276 Penny Magic
This podcast explores stories with great meaning and truth to them. The stories relate to nature and transcending beyond normal thoughts on a somewhat large, but yet have such simplicity. Thoreau and Emerson would listen to this sort of podcast, but even now they probably wouldn't have phones.
https://player.fm/series/penny-magic]]> 2019-01-29 03:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/325229276 Video Source striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/325233132 In this video, Steven Grasse talks about how the booze industry has become out of control through his eyes. Grasse looked through Thoreau's journals and found a town that he eventually built a distillery in and is planning to start selling soon. Grasse saw that the world was becoming out of control and found a way to have peace in founding his distillery away from most of society. With his distillery, Grasses could work the way he wanted and contiune to do what he loves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m21geJLWxtI]]> 2019-01-29 03:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/325233132 Song 2 striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327159331 "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding
Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes
Watchin' the ships roll in
Then I watch 'em roll away again
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide, roll away
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time
I left my home in Georgia
And I headed for the Frisco Bay
'Cause I've got nothin' to live for
Looks like nothin's gonna come my way, so
I'm just come sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide roll away
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay, wastin' time
]]> 2019-02-04 04:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327159331 Song 2 Analysis striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327159667 Wandering around and being in a deep state of thought is the way some transcendentalists live. This song exemplifies this idea in a somber tone and describes the value of doing nothing but thinking of what can be done in true thought. Otis Redding sings in a state of relaxation and lets all of his mind lose to express his ideas and think as a individual.]]> 2019-02-04 04:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327159667 Song 3 striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327162056 "Blowing in the Wind" by Bob Dylan
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind]]> 2019-02-04 04:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327162056 Song 3 Analysis striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327162215 Bob Dylan describes a journey and how the answer isn't always clear.Nature holds the answer to what journey must be taken and how it can be done. The man in the song doesn't know where to go, but the wind csn tell him where to go, which shows the natural aspect of transcendentalism. ]]> 2019-02-04 04:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327162215 Image 2 striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327163031 This image is simply nature in its purest form. Nature brings together all beings in order to form a more perfect peace. The transcendentalist would find a million things in nature that are perfection.]]> 2019-02-04 04:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327163031 Original Photo 1 striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327165928 This is a photo of a falcon that I took about 5 years ago. It flew alone without anyone else and perched upon his grounds. The falcon lives simply and does everything by himself like Thoreau. This creature is the spirit animal of Transcendentalism]]> 2019-02-04 05:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327165928 Image 3 striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327168992 This picture shows oneself going together with nature. The idea is that even in the bleakness of nature and the rest of the world, a person can still find themselves in all the craziness. With nature by anyone's side, they can do anything by themselves. ]]> 2019-02-04 06:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327168992 Article 1 striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327194509 "The Delicious Sense of Foreignness": AMerican Transcendentalism in the Atlantic by Daniel Dillard
In this artice, the experiences of many people are laid out and detailed. These people all had experiences that led them to become transcendentalists and learn about the world around them on the high seas. They became one with themselves through deep thought and understanding of the world around them, which was mostly the vast ocean. The article focuses on the natural and thoughtful aspects of their stories, relating to the transcendental idea of union with nature.]]> 2019-02-04 08:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327194509 Article 2 striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327196444 Our Common Dwelling: Henry Thoreau, Transcendentalism, and the Class Politics of Nature by Robert Dorman
This article details the ideas Thoreau had towards the handling of the Mexican-American War by the U.S. government. Thoreau believed in peace and thought the war was a waste, so he at one point ended up in jail for not paying his taxes. This idea of peace and protest is strong with transcendentalists and describes how some people felt at the time. ]]> 2019-02-04 09:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327196444 Original Photo 2 striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327198499 This is a rock sculpture where the rocks are balanced on each other. I believe this fits with the ideas of simplicity, self-reliance, and union with nature as one man made this with only the rocks around him. It shows that man can connect with nature to make something beautiful. ]]> 2019-02-04 09:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327198499 Emerson 1 striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327202373 This quote speaks the idea of deep thought and transcending beyond society. Some may live a long life, but the deep thinkers live an even longer life in thought. In the scope of things, a person should live to the fullest extent to tell a story to future genrations like "huckleberrying."]]> 2019-02-04 09:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327202373 Emerson 2 striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327205002 The idea of thinking deeply an thinking of what is happening now rather than of the past or future. Emerson evokes that life is enjoyed in small stages and some stages are better than others. ]]> 2019-02-04 09:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327205002 Thoreau 2 striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327207551 “Most of the luxuries and many so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.” 
Thoreau's quote appeals to the transcendentalist idea of simplicity and living with less. Thoreau lived in the woods without many of the comforts that the rest of society. He survived on his own with the help of nature and his knowledge. ]]> 2019-02-04 09:42:28 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327207551 Thoreau 2 striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327208378 “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”
This quote relates to intuition, self-reliance, and transcendence in that the knowledge you learn from an experience is better than the material thing earned. In his mind, knowledge is the most powerful gift you can have.]]> 2019-02-04 09:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327208378 Poem striker2779 https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327217700 The One in All  by Margaret Fuller
"Existence is as deep a verity:
Without the dual, where is unity?
And the ‘I am’ cannot forbear to be;"
This line from the poem represents the idea of being a part of nature and transcending. Fuller in this poem describes a strong affluence towards the natural world and how everything is a part of it. ]]> 2019-02-04 10:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/striker2779/f8bhnsn75j61/wish/327217700