Transcendental Padlet by Riley Stahl https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u en-us 2019-01-30 02:29:44 UTC 2025-12-23 14:17:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Song 1- Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/325684489 “I break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines
We've been conditioned to not make mistakes, but I can't live that way
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find”

This song is apart of transcendentalism because it shows non-conformity to the vision of having to be perfect all the time. In the lyrics it is saying that she is breaking the tradition of being perfect by going out of the lines people have drawn for themselves and for those around them. It also says that you should be free to let go of what is holding you back and to be yourself, be “unwritten”




]]> 2019-01-30 02:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/325684489 Song 2- Stressed Out by Twenty One Pilots riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/325686954 “I wish I found some better sounds no one’s ever heard
I wish I had a better voice that sang some better words
I wish I found some chords in an order that is new
I wish I didn't have to rhyme every time I sang”

This song is about being and individual and wishing you could do your own thing. The singer is telling us that they wish there were things that they could create that no one else had and that there would be creativity and individualism in this world so we wouldn't be so “stressed out”. They are also talking about when they were little and could have an imagination and not have so many rules to follow and could pretty much do what they wanted. 
]]> 2019-01-30 02:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/325686954 Song 3- Don’t Stop Believin' by Journey riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/325688328 “don't stop believin'
hold on to the feelin' 
streetlight people,
living just to find emotion
hiding, somewhere in the night”

This song shows transcendentalism because it’s about letting go and seizing the moment. It says that you should hold on to that feeling that causes you to do whatever you want and to never stop believing in what you believe in. This song shows that you are standing up for yourself and thinking for yourself]]> 2019-01-30 03:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/325688328 Image 1 riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/325690966 This image shows non-conformity because the one guy is a different color and he is standing differently/ doing a handstand. The guy is being different than all the others and is “probably” choosing to do what he wants to do and not care about what he is doing. He is being free and not caring what he does. ]]> 2019-01-30 03:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/325690966 Image 2 riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405000 This image is about self-reliance and how we must be able to do things ourselves. When the fish is using its lasso to get the food the fish is showin how he can only rely on himself to get his own food and not on some human. This fish is somewhat proving that he is more reliant on him feeding himself than relying on some human government actually feed him.]]> 2019-01-31 18:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405000 Image 3 riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405053 Simplicity is a part of transcendentalism because to be able to look around you and know what is going on you must have some simplicity and not all the crazy and wild stuff like we have today. In this image this man and this tree are showing simplicity because it is just them and that is all they need to stay peaceful and intune  with the world. Since the man is walking towards the tree he is “probably” walking away from many other things and just wants to be aloneness and be simple.]]> 2019-01-31 18:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405053 Podcast riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405157 When simplying your life you only need a few things and this is what that talks about and how to get those things you need. Transcendentalism isn’t all about nature and how we have to admire its beauty but also how we should live and what we should stand by and simplicity is a part of that. This podcast talks about how we need to live our life more simply and what that means.]]> 2019-01-31 18:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405157 News Article 1- Dancing to Our Own Beat riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405422 This article is about non-conformity and individualism because it talks about how nowadays we dance to our own beat or how we should do that. We should be who want to be and not listen to what others have to say about us. This article talks about how we as we are should love what and who we are.]]> 2019-01-31 18:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405422 News Article 2- The Evolution of Simplicity riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405494 This article on simplicity talks about all the new movements about keeping homes decluttered and cleaning out clothes and just how it has evolved from what it was in the past. The more one thinks about this though the more you think and realize if we didn’t have all this stuff we wouldn’t need to get rid of it. Also it proves what Thoreau was doing when he lived in that cabin in the woods to live a simple life with only a few things.]]> 2019-01-31 18:16:50 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405494 Thoreau 1 riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405643 This quote from Thoreau is telling us that we must not be looking at ourselves like we know what we are but become lost to begin to understand who we are. He doesn’t say how we must become lost because that part we can do pretty easily but the harder part is knowing what to recognize as understanding of ourselves. This quote is about part of transcendentalism because it more about knowing that it is on you to understand who you are and to have your own thoughts about it.]]> 2019-01-31 18:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405643 Thoreau 2 riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405754 “To be awake is to be alive,” when reading this quote one can look at it and know that Thoreau is talking about what it means to be awake and how it translates to being alive. Though it is east to think that we are all awake, you have to assume that Thoreau must mean awake in a different sense, like one must be awake in their thoughts and mind and being able to understand what that means. As soon as we understand that we are awake and can understand those thoughts can we be alive and truly live.]]> 2019-01-31 18:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405754 Emerson 1 riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405892 In this quote Emerson is talking about being your own individual and becoming what you want to be. Everyone has some inkling on who they want to become but you must decide what you want to do and who want want to be before destiny will help you and you will be able to do just that thing. Emerson wants us to know that your destiny can only be decided on by you and nobody else.]]> 2019-01-31 18:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405892 Emerson 2 riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405975 This quote by Emerson talking about the Oversoul saying that it is bigger than time and that it is the father of time. The oversoul is what connects God, man and nature together and this quote is saying that the connection between those things is greater than time. God, man and nature have always been connected even if we don’t see.]]> 2019-01-31 18:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326405975 Original Image 2 riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326406156 This image represents simplicity because the way that everything is lined up and organized and plain no extra pizzazz. This kinda reflects a rainbow and how the colors are all lined up and just the way rainbows are is just beautiful. This can represent many different ideas and values but it most represents transcendentalism.]]> 2019-01-31 18:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326406156 Original Image riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326406220 This original image though yes it may be of nature is more than just that it is about again how God and nature work together and they made something beautiful. The beauty of the world is all around us and we just have to look. The fact is that we nowadays and even back then when Thoreau and Emerson lived were all to interested in the new technology that existed and the future that we can’t bother to look at the beauty around us and what good and nature has created.]]> 2019-01-31 18:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326406220 Poem- Meditations by Margaret Fuller riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326406358 The poem “Meditations” is about God and nature and how they relate to one another. Fuller is talking about how the thunderclap and the rivers flowing from nature helped her more understand the world and her belief a little in God, but she said that it doesn’t truly mean she believed in him. Nature and God can be seen as related in many aspects and this was tellling us a few and helping us understand how they relate.]]> 2019-01-31 18:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/326406358 Video riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/327107476 This video talks about conformity and how we as humans have a desire to be like everyone else but also tells us that we should be our own person and not conform. Conformity is a big issue and we need more people to be themselves but once we start doing that it will be conformity still because everyone will conform to being their own individual. Being accepted and loved is a huge part of who we are as humans and that is what Thoreau and Emerson were straying away from and telling us to be ourselves.]]> 2019-02-03 20:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/327107476 Works cited riley_h_stahl02 https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/327731393 2019-02-05 13:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/riley_h_stahl02/todb7cnu2k7u/wish/327731393