My stunning padlet by LORI ASH https://padlet.com/3498511/go9q0o8n7m7wp8sp Made with good vibes en-us 2021-10-07 16:03:21 UTC 2026-02-17 20:04:06 UTC hello@padlet.com “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." 3498511 https://padlet.com/3498511/go9q0o8n7m7wp8sp/wish/1800359231 1]]> 2021-10-07 16:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/3498511/go9q0o8n7m7wp8sp/wish/1800359231 O me! O life! 3498511 https://padlet.com/3498511/go9q0o8n7m7wp8sp/wish/1811239001 This moving poem by Walt Whitman is meant to inspire and change the reader. It talks of viewing the futility of the world around us, and asks if there is anything of value in it. Then, the response: the value is in life itself. For me, this poem reminds me to live, and to not judge too harshly those who exist in a state of self-imposed mediocrity-- for even if they do not realize their potential at any point, there is value and beauty in that they lived. The final lines, "that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse," inspire me to be deliberate in my life, and choose paths that lead to personal revelation and joy, rather than unnecessary convention. The movie The Dead Poets Society has a similar impact; the film inspires me to gather my rosebuds while I may, if you will, and not waste my life with someone else's expectations. It fills me with raw emotion, ranging from utter contempt for Neil's parents and the school board, to abject joy at seeing the boys attempt self-actualized lives. I relate to a number of the characters, perhaps mostly Charlie Dalton and Neil Perry. I wish very badly it were me.
2A]]> 2021-10-12 15:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/3498511/go9q0o8n7m7wp8sp/wish/1811239001 3498511 https://padlet.com/3498511/go9q0o8n7m7wp8sp/wish/1811257481 2B]]> 2021-10-12 15:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/3498511/go9q0o8n7m7wp8sp/wish/1811257481 That the powerful play goes on, and that I may contribute a verse 3498511 https://padlet.com/3498511/go9q0o8n7m7wp8sp/wish/1811280900 In my life, I would that I live deliberately, talking in archaic language in my own self-indulgence, and dressing however fits my fancy. In abstract, I endeavor to seek beauty and hope and excitement, to live deliberately and be uncompromising to societal standards of what I should be doing. More concretely, I wish to devote my life to music, to the endless pursuit of knowledge and truth, and in both, increasing the extent to which people access and appreciate it. A full life would be that spent entrenched in beauty of mine own appreciation, and in helping others see beauty, too. It wounds my soul to see people letting their life live without them.
3]]> 2021-10-12 16:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/3498511/go9q0o8n7m7wp8sp/wish/1811280900 Challenges to Transcendentalism 3498511 https://padlet.com/3498511/go9q0o8n7m7wp8sp/wish/1811299812 In the post-industrialized nightmare landscape that we have inherited, it is hard to connect with nature; it is a trial to escape even for a day the imposed responsibilities that are begotten of living in this society, and it kills the soul.
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My delusions of grandeur are not tempered by heated slander
But my resolve to try starts to fall
“What are you compensating for?”
I didn’t know there was a problem with giving everything my all
Stacks of theory books; a past author’s strife
To see if I could still make something of my life
I experiment with effort, for myself I abhor
A year wasted, in my own life a bystander
My future virtually destroyed, And I, to change, lack the wherewithal
Wasted potential, lacks effort, issues with punctuality
Surely I cannot live like this forever
Spinoza, Thoreau, Diogenes, to argue that life exists “necessarily”
While academia becomes more forgiving
A chance to change my mind and my future, thought not easily
My desires in turmoil, my plans shaky at best
But this, this Life! I can try anything before I am laid to rest
Afforded another chance to live a life worth living
Full effort, no reservations, to achieve what I endeavour
And I cannot afford to not live deliberately
It would be the last mistake I make

4]]> 2021-10-13 14:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/3498511/go9q0o8n7m7wp8sp/wish/1814163173 Transcendentalism teaches people to become self-reliant and be functioning members of society by emphasizing connection to nature and themselves for answers on how to live life. 3498511 https://padlet.com/3498511/go9q0o8n7m7wp8sp/wish/1814171543 9]]> 2021-10-13 14:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/3498511/go9q0o8n7m7wp8sp/wish/1814171543