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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Excerpts from 'Nature'
Reading each section, did you find more that he makes more than one point or creates more than one theme? Focus on one section if you want, but at least give one interpretation of his writing.
I enjoyed this piece. I liked how I could picture the different things for each topic. I really like the one on nature's beauty.
"To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again." After reading this session of the piece, I just though of looking at a picture and what it holds. Like they say "a picture holds a thousand words."
I do think that Emerson makes one major point. In four different sections he shows us how normal people forget to slow down and see the beauty of life. Beauty is in everything, but mostly nature. Nature is a way for the body and mind to let go of stress and collect itself. Nature is a way for people to feel safe and return to faith. Nature illuminates people and feeds them youthfulness. Nature is everything; beauty can be found every where. These are the main points I found in each passage, which all relate to the main theme of finding beauty. One specific excerpt that I found helpful was, "We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough." This states that as long as we open our eyes to see nature around us, we won't get bored with life. This way of writing is how Emerson disguises the true meaning of beauty through his essay Nature.
I really noticed that he played up the time card considerably. Each little excerpt had something to do with time. Did anyone else pick this up? He seemed to be saying that "beauty is eternal" or something cheesy like that.
This was one of the poems that is easy for me to identify with what the author is writing about. I love nature as it's a wonder in itself and there are so many aspects that are so vividly descriptive that I can envision the various scenes the author plays forth with the words. I thoroughly enjoyed this reading.
I liked this piece a little more than the other one but still not one of my favorites. i really liked how i could see the difference between topics. the topic of nature is a great one because there are so many different angles that it can be written about. i believe that the true beauty of nature was really captured in this poem. he does a great job showing the natures beauty.
I thought this was a good piece of writing. I liked it better than the poem. I agree with rooster that time is a big part in one of the points he's trying to make. We take for granted all of the simple but beautiful things in the world. The stars for example, like if the stars only came out every thousand of years we would appreciated them but since we have access to them on a daily basis we don't see their beauty.
I loved the fact that this was a really well played collage lyric essay. How he utilizes the word "Nature" to describe his feelings on life/existence, religion and beauty. It was very powerful. Much like Peonies, this was very descriptive, and wasn't a simple "rant" about his takes on nature in life; i.e., "Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child."
I enjoyed this piece more than the poem. I liked in the section On Nature's Beauty when Emerson says "To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again." Because most people do only see nature has having four seasons and that's it. But when you look behond say Fall and acctually look at it, instead of just commenting on how beautiful the colors are.
I found myself very dissatisfied and disengaged with this author. He did shift themes. He went from bashing his contemporaries to praising the ability to write poetry about nature. He also wrote about what writing is to him as well.
I actually liked reading this piece. I liked how Emerson touched on the fact that we miss out on the beauty of life and the world around us. We miss out on nature's beauty and the little things in life. I did find a part i really did like. "We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough." This makes me think that no one should ever become tired with life, and that there is always something we should be striving for. Somewhere out there is something waiting for us as long as we are willing to look for it.
I really enjoyed this piece for two reasons; first off the imagery was incredible, and the lay-out of it was neat, I feel like this is a very functional collage essay. It really fits in with what we're doing with the lyric essays and such. It was good too see it in an effective form. This piece really pulled me into it because I often times think about the same things. Each season will never be the same in the context of time, and I think the way he illustrated each really built on each other to form a complete passage. I enjoy just walking around and looking at nature, it's pretty relaxing, so reading an essay that does the same really struck me at a deeper level.
I was kind of confused thought this whole piece. I read and re-read the title of each piece, and then went back and read the piece, and I wasn't really able to see how they correlated.
i really liked this piece, i totally agree with Jake's comment, i really believe that we take nature for granted. how beautiful the wilderness is, thats why i think we should take things more seriously like pollution.
13 comments:
I enjoyed this piece. I liked how I could picture the different things for each topic. I really like the one on nature's beauty.
"To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again." After reading this session of the piece, I just though of looking at a picture and what it holds. Like they say "a picture holds a thousand words."
I do think that Emerson makes one major point. In four different sections he shows us how normal people forget to slow down and see the beauty of life. Beauty is in everything, but mostly nature. Nature is a way for the body and mind to let go of stress and collect itself. Nature is a way for people to feel safe and return to faith. Nature illuminates people and feeds them youthfulness. Nature is everything; beauty can be found every where. These are the main points I found in each passage, which all relate to the main theme of finding beauty. One specific excerpt that I found helpful was, "We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough." This states that as long as we open our eyes to see nature around us, we won't get bored with life. This way of writing is how Emerson disguises the true meaning of beauty through his essay Nature.
I really noticed that he played up the time card considerably. Each little excerpt had something to do with time. Did anyone else pick this up? He seemed to be saying that "beauty is eternal" or something cheesy like that.
This was one of the poems that is easy for me to identify with what the author is writing about. I love nature as it's a wonder in itself and there are so many aspects that are so vividly descriptive that I can envision the various scenes the author plays forth with the words. I thoroughly enjoyed this reading.
I liked this piece a little more than the other one but still not one of my favorites. i really liked how i could see the difference between topics. the topic of nature is a great one because there are so many different angles that it can be written about. i believe that the true beauty of nature was really captured in this poem. he does a great job showing the natures beauty.
I thought this was a good piece of writing. I liked it better than the poem. I agree with rooster that time is a big part in one of the points he's trying to make. We take for granted all of the simple but beautiful things in the world. The stars for example, like if the stars only came out every thousand of years we would appreciated them but since we have access to them on a daily basis we don't see their beauty.
I loved the fact that this was a really well played collage lyric essay. How he utilizes the word "Nature" to describe his feelings on life/existence, religion and beauty. It was very powerful.
Much like Peonies, this was very descriptive, and wasn't a simple "rant" about his takes on nature in life; i.e., "Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child."
I enjoyed this piece more than the poem. I liked in the section On Nature's Beauty when Emerson says "To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again." Because most people do only see nature has having four seasons and that's it. But when you look behond say Fall and acctually look at it, instead of just commenting on how beautiful the colors are.
I found myself very dissatisfied and disengaged with this author. He did shift themes. He went from bashing his contemporaries to praising the ability to write poetry about nature. He also wrote about what writing is to him as well.
I actually liked reading this piece. I liked how Emerson touched on the fact that we miss out on the beauty of life and the world around us. We miss out on nature's beauty and the little things in life. I did find a part i really did like. "We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough." This makes me think that no one should ever become tired with life, and that there is always something we should be striving for. Somewhere out there is something waiting for us as long as we are willing to look for it.
I really enjoyed this piece for two reasons; first off the imagery was incredible, and the lay-out of it was neat, I feel like this is a very functional collage essay. It really fits in with what we're doing with the lyric essays and such. It was good too see it in an effective form.
This piece really pulled me into it because I often times think about the same things. Each season will never be the same in the context of time, and I think the way he illustrated each really built on each other to form a complete passage. I enjoy just walking around and looking at nature, it's pretty relaxing, so reading an essay that does the same really struck me at a deeper level.
I was kind of confused thought this whole piece. I read and re-read the title of each piece, and then went back and read the piece, and I wasn't really able to see how they correlated.
i really liked this piece, i totally agree with Jake's comment, i really believe that we take nature for granted. how beautiful the wilderness is, thats why i think we should take things more seriously like pollution.
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