https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists Explore the stories of real life adventure-seekers, who embrace(d) ideas of solitude, nature, civil disobedience, and self-reliance. en-us 2020-05-14 15:49:30 UTC 2023-04-20 01:50:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3de.png ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/572783532 Watch this brief trailer to learn about Chris McCandless, a 24-year-old who famously left behind his ordinary life in search of something extraordinary, and who went into the wild of Alaska. ]]> 2020-05-14 14:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/572783532 ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/572788746 Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild and adventurer extraordinaire, sat down with Oprah in 2012 to talk about the transformative experience of embracing solitude. ]]> 2020-05-14 14:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/572788746 ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/572823385 Click the image to read the full quotation about solitude. ]]> 2020-05-14 14:34:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/572823385 ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/572858034 2020-05-14 14:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/572858034 ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/572888099 Listen as the late Mary Oliver reads her gorgeous poem, "The Summer Day." Oliver was a Pulitzer prize winning poet who was strongly influenced by transcendentalist nature writers like Whitman and Thoreau.]]> 2020-05-14 14:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/572888099 ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/572903863 Emily Dickinson was not a transcendentalist, and she certainly isn't from the modern day, but her poetry and life as a recluse speak deeply to the theme of solitude. ]]> 2020-05-14 15:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/572903863 ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/572916681 Join these journalists as they tour the famous bus that Chris McCandless lived in when he went into the wild. SPOILER ALERT: This video gives away the ending of the movie, Into the Wild. ]]> 2020-05-14 15:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/572916681 ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573032608 Read the Prologue to Wild by Cheryl Strayed]]> 2020-05-14 15:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573032608 ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573087301 Read about the droves of people that attempt the formidable and deadly trek to Chris McCandless' bus from Into the Wild--sometimes to their peril. SPOILER ALERT: This video gives away the ending of the movie, Into the Wild. ]]> 2020-05-14 16:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573087301 ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573111623 WARNING: Spoiler Alerts! 
This intro to the book spoils the end of the movie, Into the Wild. ]]> 2020-05-14 16:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573111623 ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573150330 Read this thorough and detailed article about his Alaska adventure. SPOILER ALERT! This article gives away the ending of the movie, Into the Wild. ]]> 2020-05-14 16:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573150330 ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573356366 Check out this intro to the book, Stranger in the Woods, about a hermit who lived in the woods of Maine for decades without seeing a soul and without ever lighting a fire. ]]> 2020-05-14 17:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573356366 ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573379603 Watch this video from the NYTimes about the North Pond Hermit, who lived in the woods of Maine for decades, surviving off of stolen goods from nearby cabins. ]]> 2020-05-14 17:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573379603 ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573387903 Read this interview with Michael Finkel, the author of Stranger in the Woods. You can read the article for free, but NatGeo may prompt you to sign up for a free account, which is annoying. ]]> 2020-05-14 17:55:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573387903 ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573400533 Check out this article about Emily Dickinson, who famously avoided outside society in order to focus on her poetry, and what we can learn from her voluntary quarantine. ]]> 2020-05-14 18:00:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573400533 ljustice6 https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573410419 In this video, Cheryl Strayed summarizes her experience walking alone on the Pacific Crest Trail in the nineties. ]]> 2020-05-14 18:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ljustice6/reallifetranscendentalists/wish/573410419