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 When I first read the poem, “A Psalm of Life”, there was a lot to interpret. It could be the main purpose of the poem which was to argue that life is precious and important, or maybe even that what was expressed in the poem was evidently false. Either way, it speaks to a general audience of people and their beliefs. But it has made me realize all the important things in my life. And I want to be able to recognize at least some of these things in this blog. Firstly we see in the poem, that “Art is long, Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave,…”. Honestly, these two lines say a lot about how people choose to live and what is there to accomplish. In this case, Art seems almost like a representation of life and how it can be long and tiresome, but the irony is that time is short, and people who fail to recognize that are sooner or later, going to regret the decision they were or ere not able to make. Additionally, the poet is dead set on proving to this unknown chara...

It’s never easy to push against temptations. When we talked about Siddhartha, we discussed his initial downward spiral into temptation and worldly desire and how he was unable to make his change. But over time, he is able to rid himself of attachment and attain purity and tranquility. While this method of enlightenment works for Siddhartha, there are other forms of tranquility and peace in life. In the video we saw in class today, we saw a person reading and enacting a poem that analyzes the meaning of life, what is meant by it, and how nostalgic it is to know that everything will one day disappear. It is quite the revelation but he does mention that he does not feel this way. His way of thinking persuades him to believe that there are things in life worth holding onto, and that squeezing tighter to things that we love is something that makes us human and whole.  I will be frank, enlightenment ideas a tough topic to visualize. There is no direct definition, no instructions on how t...