As graduation approaches, this quarter in humanities, we have been focusing strongly on creating a future for ourselves. We explored questions on our futures and how to pursue the things we love. We learned how to sustain and be a citizen of this world. Exploring the idea of sustainability,many students in class have started their presentation on their ted speaker. One idea that really captured my mind was Kimmy’s speaker, Bill Gates, on the new innovations of improving energy efficiency.
In her Ted talks presentation she presented many new ideas in improving energy efficiency. What thought was very interesting was how the Carbon emission crisis was explained in one simple equation. Carbon emission= People x Energy x Efficiency x Carbon output. This simple equation explained this process simpler than words. If we bring down one of these variables to zero we will be able to eliminate all Carbon emissions.
Connecting to Ashley’s Ted presentation, the speaker said all the materials we need to obtain clean sustainability was all on earth it was a matter of accessibility. I believe this statement is very true. For clean water to the energy and carbon emission process we have all the materials needed to fix these problems. Seventy percent of earth is covered with water and millions of kilowatts of energy hit the earth's surface more than we use. It is the problem of accessibility, being able to convert saltwater to freshwater and obtaining the energy given from the sun that is the core to all our problems.
In the next few decades we must ponder on how to better access the resources on our planet. We must learn to access these resources in a better more efficient way if we are to sustain the human race. It is not the problem of insufficient resources but the problem of accessibility.
Before
I started the mash- up I brained stormed about the word “solitude.” I pondered
about what solitude meant to me and what I believed it meant. Solitude can be easily defined by a couple of
words from Webster’s Dictionary but I wanted to truly think about what it meant
to be in solitude and what you gained from it.
For
this project, I tried to think about famous historical figures who demonstrated
solitude. One person that stood out was Henry David Thoreau. I thought about is life experience in
solitude. Henry David Thoreau wanted to become one with nature and truly mediated
on his life experience. Doing this helped him reach his inner self and learn
knowledge he would have never obtained. He was able to reach a new level of
thinking. During solitude you are not alone; rather your inner self is your
companion.
My
thinking is very unorganized and chaotic. In order to achieve a better
understanding of solitude, I made an outline of my views on solitude and other people’s
views of solitude. My first impression of solitude was thinking that when you
are in solitude you are along but the truth is that you are never alone. You
have yourself and nature. Making an outline of quotes and visuals it was easier
for me to understand what the true meaning of solitude was.
What I like
about my thinking is that I can obtain new ideas very quickly. If one idea pops
into my head I would try to incorporate that into the mash-up. For example,
when I was searching for some audio/ visual symbols to better understand
solitude instead of using a video clip, I thought music would work the best. I
picked the song Solitude is Bliss. Cause it describes some of natural meanings
of that word. This song explains how solitude can bring happiness and can provide
this happiness. Trying to be in solitude can help you find your inner self and
bring you one step closer in pursuing your happiness.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Solitude: The Search of your inner self.
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2. Psychology of Solitude "Loneliness is a negative state, marked by a sense of isolation. One feels that something is missing. It is possible to be with people and still feel lonely—perhaps the most bitter form of loneliness.Solitude is the state of being alone without being lonely. It is a positive and constructive state of engagement with oneself. Solitude is desirable, a state of being alone where you provide yourself wonderful and sufficient company."
3. You get the most when in solitude. To be in solitude it means to be in complete loneliness and quiet. The state of solitude is being alone with a positive out look. It creates a state where the body is thinking more creatively. It is a state of mind where you provide yourself wonderful company.
4.“He both loved and feared
solitude, he often wanted to escape from it, but it was thenecessary condition
for his poetry. The monk and the lover inside him, each a powerful and
conflicting presence, were never able to merge”
5."We know little, but that we must
trust in what is difficult is a certainty that will never abandon us; it is
good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult
must be one more reason for us to do it"
6. Solitude is something people fear and is difficult to obtain. Especially in today's society with the advancement of social media, it is almost impossible to be in solitude. Where ever you are in the world you will almost never be alone. Because of this advancement, it is especially important to obtain solitude. Having a chance to take a breath and meditate and loaf is important for a person to learn about themselves and the world.
7."Always trustyourselfand your own feelings, as opposed
to argumentation discussions, or introductions of that sort; if it turns out
that you are wrong then the natural growth of your inner life will eventually
guide you to other insights" .
8. "And you should not let yourself be confused in your solitude by the fact that there is something in you that wants to move out of it"
9. When practicing and trying to obtain solitude one must always trust and seek out their inner self. They must try to obtain peace and harmony with them and nature. Being at peace and not having any distractions to the world is the only way to reach solitude.You must trust your self and if it turns wrong then the natural growth of your inner life will eventually guide your to sight.
10. To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell,
To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean; This is not solitude, 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled.
But midst the crowd, the hurry, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel and to possess, And roam alone, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress! None that, with kindred consciousness endued, If we were not, would seem to smile the less Of all the flattered, followed, sought and sued; This is to be alone; this, this is solitude!
11. Hah! I say. There's no importance whatsoever. I'm just doing it for the fun of it." His reaction didn't discourage me; I had made up my mind I was going to enjoy physics and do whatever I liked.
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13. You are a practical man, Michele. Einstein gazes at the clouds thinking of his project. He wants to tell Besso about his dreams, but cannot bring himself to do it. I think you will succeed with your theory of time...
14.When in solitude you can find many things about oneself. You will be able to find your passion, and dreams. In solitude it will give the opportunity to critically reflect your past, present, and future life. In solitude you are never alone because you are with you whole self. Your companion is solitude, and this companion will help you find many things about your life you have not known about.
15. "What is necessary, after all,
is only this: solitude, vast inner solitude. To walk inside yourself and meet
no one for hours- that is what you must be able to attain. To be solitary as
you were when you were a child, when the grownups walked around involved with
matters that seemed large and important because they looked so busy
and because you didn't understand a thing about what they were doing" -
Rilke 55
16. And to speak of solitude again, it becomes clearer and clearer that fundamentally this is nothing that one can choose or refrain from. We are solitary. We can delude ourselves about this and act as if it were not true. That is all. But how much better it is to recognize that we are alone; yes, even to begin from this realization.
17. “Families are designed to be the social antidote to
solitude, so to learn to search for signs of loneliness inside a family goes
against our instincts” (Wiggins 156)
18. Solitude is a path to inner self. To have that playful mind and loaf will help you achieve peace and harmony. You must be solitary like you are a child. When there are distractions large or small you must be a "child" and go along your own business.
19. Language... has
created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being
alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the
glory of being alone" ~Paul Johannes Tillich, The Eternal
Now
Works Cited
1. Tame Impala. "Solitude Is Bliss." Innerspeaker. 2013. YouTube. 17 April 2013. Web.
2. Marano, Hara Estroff. "What Is Solitude?" Psychology Today. Web.
3. Reflection
4. Rilke, Rainer Maria. (Xiii)
5. Rilke, Rainer Maria. (68)
6. Reflection
7. Rilke, Rainer Maria. (23)
8.Rilke, Rainer Maria. (67)
9. Reflection
10. Byron , George Lord Gordon. Solitude.
11.Feynman, Richard, Creativity
12. Brainy Quote Henry David Thoreau
13. Lightman, Alan P. Einstein's Dreams. New York: Pantheon, 1993. Print.(114)
