The image depicts an awake person with an active mind proving she is alive, backing up a Transcendentalist tenet of being in the present, which is also reflected in the quote.

Transcendentalism calls for the awareness of the surrounding world, an awareness that few have entailed by Emerson's quote which can be visualized by the photo portraying an unnatural sun.

In the quote from "Walking," Thoreau expresses that those taking walks are surrounded by peace, visually displayed in the image above of a man in the peaceful wilderness on a walk.

Natural and true beauty presents itself when unsought, reflected in the quote, like the beauty of the natural world which is translated to the image.

Emerson voices the importance of relying on oneself rather than conforming, a Transcendentalist tenet demonstrated in the image of a figure walking away from others in society.

All vanished when entering the natural world,

The dirt, the plants, the flowers sprawled on the ground,

The sun, the clouds, the moon floating above,

The wind, the breeze encircling the atmosphere,

The colossal mountains towering,

The sand, the pebbles, the rocks perfectly disorganized,

The ants scattering,

The shrubs, the bushes, the trees with ubiquity,

All are present in perfect harmony.

Sitting on the lush green grass,

I absorb the beauty of nature,

Freed from the tedious advertisements overflowing the internet,

Freed from the perpetual addiction to social media,

Freed from the mechanical sounds of a computer,

Freed from the artificial displays of phones, tablets, televisions,

Freed from the chirps and buzzes of notifications,

Freed from the text messages and phone calls that are tied to society,

Freed from the constant emails with no importance,

Finally free from my obligations to society.

Todd Anderson stands up for Mr. Keating's expulsion, demonstrating Transcendentalist tenets of nonconformity and individuality.

Transcendentalist ideas of nature, self-reliance, and individualism remain relevant today largely because they guide one’s development and create independence or self-reliance, which in turn greatens one’s sense of social responsibility.

Significant Quotes:

"spending time in natural settings makes us more generous and more community-oriented" -Arianna Huffington

"envy is ignorance; …imitation is suicide" -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think." -Ralph Waldo Emerson