https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7 en-us 2019-01-28 16:58:58 UTC 2024-11-22 22:31:11 UTC hello@padlet.com orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/325463666 This quote shows that Thoreau did not follow any rules and wanted to explore the world with no rules, precautions or borders. Thoreau feels that his life should have nothing that holds us back. ]]> 2019-01-29 16:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/325463666 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/325468285 This podcast tells us about minimalist living. When Thoreau lived in the woods alone, he had to use only the necessary things to survive. He did not have an 'iPhone' or any other items that people want, not need. This podcast includes ideas on how to survive on this lifestyle. ]]> 2019-01-29 16:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/325468285 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/325476623 This image represents Thoreau because it shows true nature that nobody really sees because it is so rare and natural. It has not been touched by man and not been changed by society. That is what Thoreau wanted when he lived in the nature by himself: a pure minimalist lifestyle with nobody to interrupt him. ]]> 2019-01-29 16:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/325476623 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/325485196 The artist, U2, talks about the need to take advantage of the 'Beautiful Day' and not take nature for granted. 
"See the Bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light and
See the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out"
-U2 "Beautiful Day"
This quote shows that even in disaster there is beauty, so you can find beauty within anything, even yourself. There is something beautiful out there waiting for you, no matter how long it takes you to realize it. ]]> 2019-01-29 16:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/325485196 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327117513 In this Ted talk, Andy talks about how we need to take care of ourselves to make sure we can live our best lives possible. When we start to care more about materialistic things, we tend to get stressed when in reality, that is the last thing we should be doing. In transcendentalism, it is described that we should become the best possible version of ourselves, and Andy explains that by saying we must be present in the world around us. ]]> 2019-02-03 22:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327117513 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327119276 The poem, "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman, is a poem about celebrating yourself, learning who you truly are, and embracing all aspects of yourself. In this poem, Walt says, "And will never be any more perfection than there is now," which shows just how contempt he is with his life and everything around him, and that's how transcendentalists say we should be. ]]> 2019-02-03 22:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327119276 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327120349 "We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or to throw it all away
Gotta tell 'em that we love 'em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we're dying oh"
-Kris Allen "Live like We're dying"
In this song, Kris Allen talks about how there is no time to waste playing games in life. We must live each day to the fullest, and not let time slip out of our hands. He doesn't want people doing something that isn't meaningful in their lives. ]]> 2019-02-03 22:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327120349 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327121013 "I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world"
- Louis Armstrong "What a Wonderful World"
In this song, Louis Armstrong sings about how this world is amazing and there is nothing like the love and nature among people. Within a lifetime, there is so much knowledge and love spread, and he feels that that is what makes this such a wonderful world. There is nothing else more important than that. ]]> 2019-02-03 22:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327121013 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327121410 This image shows a waterfall flowing freely. This represents transcendentalism because it shows the waterfall flowing without any borders and there is nothing stopping the natural way. Thoreau showed this when he wanted nothing to do with rules and laws and lived in the nature not following any rules. This waterfall is showing that by flowing freely into the river below. ]]> 2019-02-03 22:47:47 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327121410 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327122734 This image represents Thoreau's ideals by showing a long windy road with no signs or borders. This road does stop anytime soon, just like the road of life. It shows that there are many twists and turns, but that all amounts to the journey we take in life that makes us who we are in the end.]]> 2019-02-03 22:56:58 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327122734 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327123823 In this article by Jeremy Adam Smith, he talks about making this year of life the most significant. And by doing this, the rest of your years will increase in meaning. As you improve just one year, they will continue to improve and you will become fully content with the life you have lived. Thoreau did this by living in nature which caused him to become his best self.]]> 2019-02-03 23:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327123823 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327124348 In this article also by, Jeremy Adam Smith, he describes his ways to find purpose within life. His simple steps are reading, healing, showing gratitude, listening, finding community, and telling your story. He says, that if you follow these steps you will find the purpose in your life. Now Thoreau did not give simple steps to finding purpose, but he did find a purpose in his life and he believed that everyone should find a purpose in their life. ]]> 2019-02-03 23:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327124348 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327124765 This quote by Thoreau explains his theory perfectly. In this quote he says to "Live the life you have imagined." By saying this, he means that whatever you have dreamed, your perfect life, make it happen. There is nothing standing in your way. ]]> 2019-02-03 23:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327124765 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327126615 This quote explains the transcendentalists idea of expressing your true self. Emerson says that being unique and like nobody else, is the best way to defy all rules in society. They did not believe in conformity, they believed in the opposite, and that is being your most true self. ]]> 2019-02-03 23:32:30 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327126615 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327127715 This quote is an example of living simply. In this quote, Emerson's explaining the idea of living freely and beyond the walls that society puts up. He says to go beyond the rules and to live by your own laws and enjoy your time here on earth. ]]> 2019-02-03 23:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327127715 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327134397 This piece of art is something that I created when i was very young, but it still holds a deep meaning. The bridge represents the path we are supposed to follow if we stay within all lines and borders life has for us. The lily-pads represent the freedom to live however we choose and freely. As they float through the water, there is no one path that they must follow, they can go anywhere they choose, which is what the transcendentalists believed. ]]> 2019-02-04 00:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327134397 orbrown03 https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327134873 This is also a painting that i made a couple years go. But it represents the natural beauty of raw nature. The trees reflect upon the lake and it shows that true nature still exists. The trees grow with no confinement, they grow freely and openly in pure nature. ]]> 2019-02-04 00:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/orbrown03/w3c8485fmki7/wish/327134873