#pursuitofhappiness by ANDREA GONZALEZ https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54 Transcendental Journal en-us 2021-10-08 19:18:30 UTC 2023-06-23 02:42:29 UTC hello@padlet.com 1A) ¨Where I lived and What I Live For¨ 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1808696652 ¨I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could 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 practice 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 rout all that was not life, to cut a board swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce to itś lowest terms, and , if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish itś meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion.¨ -Henry David Thoreau 

The image is a representation of living the life Thoreau addresses in his passage, it illustrates living in the woods, deliberately, and in which would allow him to, ¨live deep and suck out all the marrow of life...¨]]> 2021-10-11 20:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1808696652 1B) ¨Walking¨ 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1809574571 ¨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. You may safely say, A penny for your thoughts, or a thousand pounds. 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 represents a return to nature and simplicity by taking a walk in the woods that is isolated from the rest of society. ]]> 2021-10-12 03:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1809574571 1C) ¨Nature¨ 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812089094 ¨Yet it is certain that the power to produce this delight, does not reside in nature, bu tin man, or in a harmony of both. It is necessary to use these pleasures with great temperance. For, nature is not always tricked in holiday attire, but the same scene which yesterday breathed perfume and glittered as for the frolic of the nymphs, is overspread with melancholy today. Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. To a man laboring under calamity, the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it. Then, there is a kind of contempt of the landscape felt by him who has just lost by death a dear friend. The sky is less grand as it shuts down over less worth in the population.¨-Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Represents the two tenets of transcendentalism, ¨Individualism and the Goodness of Man,¨ and ¨A Return to Nature and Simplicity.¨ ]]> 2021-10-12 21:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812089094 1D) ¨Beauty¨ 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812159079 ¨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. What is common to them all,- the perfectness and harmony, is beauty. The standard of beauty is the entire circuit of natural forms,- the totality of nature; which the Italians expressed by defining beauty ¨il piu nell uno.¨ - Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Everything in the image represents beauty weather it´s the trees, or landscape it all has it´s own unique colors and shapes.


]]> 2021-10-12 22:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812159079 1E)¨Self Reliance¨ 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812229534 ¨The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Not for noting one face, one character, one fact, makes much impression on him, and another none. This sculpture in the memory is not without preestablished harmony. The eye was placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray. We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents. It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues, so it be faithfully imparted, but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. A man is relieved gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace.¨ -Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Represents the man struggling to be emotionally stable when there is no help of others.

]]> 2021-10-12 23:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812229534 2A) Reaction to Dead Poets Society and Poem by Walt Whitman 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812276398 The poem shames society, and points out the struggles of different type of people. The main character, John stood out the most to me along with his friends and the Dead Poet Society. Johnś dad did not give him a chance to live his passion which led to a tragic ending, and the Dead Poet Society which allowed the group of boys to express their dreams, and passions, through poems. ]]> 2021-10-13 00:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812276398 2B) Dead Poets Society 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812381183 2021-10-13 00:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812381183 3) Declaration to Self 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812419134 One of verses to the world will not only be my future career but will also be to influence softball athletes the importance of communication, and confidence within the game. This will be exposed through the use of social media, and even my own teammates, now and in the future who will be able to physically see me in action demonstrating this skill. ]]> 2021-10-13 01:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812419134 4) ¨Succeed and Live your Dream¨ 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812507178 Hours spent during the week to seek success,
Events set aside like fun Friday nights,
To instead get some extra work in the lights at night,
So committed to an ultimate dream,
To play with the USA team! 

Mistakes lead to success,
So don't discuss failure negatively, 
Only move forward to improve your failures in your favor,
Confidence is a key skill,
So know your hard work will play out itself. 

Coaches will scream, and yell, 
But just know those coaches will teach you the most. 

Attitude is mentally a big part of the game,
So strike out and run back to the gate,
With a smile and fate,
Only to do better next game.

Slowly but surely you will see improvement,
So continue to put effort.
Weather it be known or not, 
Just know that it will always come to notice,
When you don't even know it! 

-Andrea Gonzalez 


]]> 2021-10-13 01:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812507178 5) Modern Transcendentalism 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812509556 ¨Don´t Stop Believin-¨ Journey 
Represents transcendentalism through standing up, and thinking for yourself, or other words seeking individuality. ]]> 2021-10-13 01:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812509556 7A) Beach Day with Toby!! 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812608678 Being able to practice a return to nature and simplicity with my dog, playing tag in the nice summer waves. ]]> 2021-10-13 02:29:42 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812608678 7B) Sunday Practice! 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812610660 Not being influenced by who I surround myself with and living up to my passion. ]]> 2021-10-13 02:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812610660 7C) Family/Friends Trip to the Snow! 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812615476 Far from home, and out into the nature is one of my favorite things to do throughout the year. ]]> 2021-10-13 02:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1812615476 7D) Hiking! 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1813108356 Taking a hike to the top of the mountain is another great way to be exposed to nature, and happiness. ]]> 2021-10-13 06:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1813108356 6) #pursuitofhappiness 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1813408054 Taking a walk in the beautiful woods to the next level, while instead riding a horse in Colorado! ]]> 2021-10-13 09:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1813408054 8) Challenges to living a Transcendentalism Life 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1813517473 Technology is the main factor that does not allow people live a calm, free, and happy transcendentalism life due to how society is influenced today. ]]> 2021-10-13 10:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1813517473 9) Transcendentalism 3527881 https://padlet.com/3527881/gg242n21sypc8t54/wish/1813606316 Within the Transcendentalism Reader and the various authors within the text influences people in a variety of ways of how to be influence in a different perspective which is nature. 

“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 practice resignation unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartanlike as to put to rout all that was not life...” (Henry David Thoreau)

 ¨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.” (Emerson)

“To believe in your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, - that is genius” (Emerson) 



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