https://padlet.com/ohouston3600/sszizk5yw9z64dad Olivia Houston en-us 2021-12-03 15:03:15 UTC 2025-11-23 12:06:04 UTC hello@padlet.com ohouston3600 https://padlet.com/ohouston3600/sszizk5yw9z64dad/wish/1927546044 This fictional character embodies the idea of being true to oneself, and living through originality .  He doesn't rely on others to support him but instead finds faith within himself. He believes in connection to the earth and making discoveries about himself as he grows. " 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." "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind."]]> 2021-12-03 15:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ohouston3600/sszizk5yw9z64dad/wish/1927546044 ohouston3600 https://padlet.com/ohouston3600/sszizk5yw9z64dad/wish/1927563482 "Break my Stride" by Matthew Wilder has large tones of independence and self-reliance. The song has lyrics such as " Nobody gonna slow me down" to represent that this person isn't going to have their life altered by others, but instead they will stay true to themselves and what they want to do similarly to Emerson's essay. Emerson's essay presents ideas of accepting change and moving past it which is mimicked in Wilder's lyric " Ain't nothing gonna to break my stride", representing that there is nothing he cannot move past.]]> 2021-12-03 15:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ohouston3600/sszizk5yw9z64dad/wish/1927563482 ohouston3600 https://padlet.com/ohouston3600/sszizk5yw9z64dad/wish/1927577607 "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but triumph of principles."]]> 2021-12-03 15:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ohouston3600/sszizk5yw9z64dad/wish/1927577607 ohouston3600 https://padlet.com/ohouston3600/sszizk5yw9z64dad/wish/1927587634 Chris McCandless believed in searching for his truth and connecting to what he believed to be the core aspects of living. He didn't find value in material possessions, but instead he found value in nature and things he worked for. He saw through society, and at its core found the very ideas Emerson writes about imitation and envy, he chose to live his life finding his peace instead of following the norms of society.]]> 2021-12-03 15:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ohouston3600/sszizk5yw9z64dad/wish/1927587634 ohouston3600 https://padlet.com/ohouston3600/sszizk5yw9z64dad/wish/1927605625 "To be great is to be understood", this connects to artist Pablo Picasso who was vastly misunderstood during his lifetime, and did not become appreciated by the masses until years after his passing.]]> 2021-12-03 15:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ohouston3600/sszizk5yw9z64dad/wish/1927605625