Today we talked about nature's role in and connection to transcendentalism. I agree that nature is really powerful, in that it's basically the one place you can go, and not be interrupted, and your thoughts are completely innocent and unbiased. If you don't have this state of mind, then what matters? Material objects can't really match up to having this unbiased, independent state of mind. When we listened to the song Big Yellow Taxi, I automatically thought of this song and I never really thought of the lyrics in this way until today, so I think Mr Boyle had a point when he said there are plenty of examples of Transcendentalism today but few people actually take the time to think about what it actually means.
Great job making the connection. Even better job embedding it in your blog. This is exactly what I hoped everyone's blog would develop into.
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