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Where I Lived and What I Lived For (Walden) (Residency thoughts (At one…
Where I Lived and What I Lived For (Walden)
Residency thoughts
At one point every person looks at everywhere as a house because what is a house besides a residency area?
Thoreau lived at a tent and described it as constantly fresh and he had a close relation with the birds.
Thoreau felt that the landscape and nature drew him closer to nature and spirituality which is a direct tenet of transcendentalism.
The Hollowell farm
Thoreau liked the idea of living on farms and came close to buying one called the Hollowell farm but the farmer decided against it last minute.
This wish to reside in a farm reflects on the Transcendentalist love of landscapes and being close to nature.
The isolation from the farm was one of the alluring aspects of the farm to Thoreau.
The Cabin
Thoreau believed the cabin to be fit for the gods/godesses and that Olympus is outside of the earth everywhere and those who really paid attention could see it.
The cabin was near a pond and was 1.5 miles south of the village of Concord and two miles away from the Concord Battle Ground
Farming
Thoreau believed it was like tending a garden but on a larger scale.
The dream of farming did not occur for Thoreau but it was still a considerable option and he saw the appeal.
If you buy a farm you shouldn't buy it greedily but you must go round it and it must please you.
Thoreau uses imagery to describe the nature aspects of the farm such as "lichen-covered apple trees."
The Pond
Thoreau felt that the pond added beauty regardless of the weather conditions. When it was a warm day it transferred a sense of serenity and when it was a cloudy dark day it seemed as a reflection of heaven.
Thoreau felt it necessary to have a body of water in the neighborhood a person resided in since it adds "buoyancy to and float the earth."
Thoreau bathed in the pond as a religious exercise and it made him feel divine and aware of tiny things.
Literal and spiritual awakenings
Thoreau believes that the best things happen in the morning such as poetry and art.
People should be awakened naturally and not mechanically
Thoreau has never met a person who was fully awake and he believes that people need to keep themselves awake through elevation.
Humanity imposes on itself mechanical and artificial things that drain them and prevent them from being truly wake
Living
Thoreau wished to live life to the fullest and take everything he can from life.
Life should be lived through simplicity with small affairs and without needless luxuries and unnecessary expense.
People are always in such a hurry and are so involved in the world that the forget the simple basic principles of life.
The newspaper hardly contains any useful news and knowing of a piece of news once is enough.
Time
Time is only a stream with a thin current that remains eternal.
Reality and routine
We reserve the meaningful things through letting things be and accepting reality for what it is.
Children know the truth of life more than adults who think themselves to be wiser.
People crave reality and experience what the universe wants them to experience through everyday routine and tasks