tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post779940966555236394..comments2024-02-09T16:13:32.416-08:00Comments on Classical Carousel: Walden by Henry David ThoreauCleohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-23968040091977066032015-06-05T16:14:43.996-07:002015-06-05T16:14:43.996-07:00Thanks for the book tip.
As for religion, like ...Thanks for the book tip. <br /><br />As for religion, like B. Franklin, Thoreau seemed to pick and choose from any religion the precepts that would support his own. I'm starting to see the development of the "me" generation. :-)Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-40240652237972073142015-06-04T08:38:56.935-07:002015-06-04T08:38:56.935-07:00Have you read Susan Cheever's _American Blooms...Have you read Susan Cheever's _American Bloomsbury_? She gives special attention to Thoreau et al. But let me ask you a question: how does religion figure into Thoreau's _Walden_?R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-28059637041499482382015-05-31T10:17:18.050-07:002015-05-31T10:17:18.050-07:00Ah, you Europeans have excellent taste! :-)Ah, you Europeans have excellent taste! :-)Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-87933643932201632402015-05-30T19:37:15.251-07:002015-05-30T19:37:15.251-07:00Apple, plum and pear sound just as wonderful. And ...Apple, plum and pear sound just as wonderful. And I love quince. Yes, I'm European. :)Delia (Postcards from Asia)http://wrongspelling.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-4851195643142812412015-05-30T07:00:51.431-07:002015-05-30T07:00:51.431-07:00A mango tree?!! Sigh! I had to look up what one ...A mango tree?!! Sigh! I had to look up what one looked like, if you can believe it. Heavenly! My favourite fruit. We have to settle for apple, plum and pear trees here. In my backyard I have an apple, a plum and a quince tree. I just love quince but they aren't very popular, although I think the Europeans love them.Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-8460246508194687892015-05-29T20:00:15.027-07:002015-05-29T20:00:15.027-07:00What a lovely review. This book has been on my TBR...What a lovely review. This book has been on my TBR list for a while. I'll get to it one day.<br />A Walden pond, who wouldn't want that. Right now I'm happy with a mango tree. :)<br />Delia (Postcards from Asia)http://wrongspelling.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-23325526645873308872015-05-28T07:48:49.451-07:002015-05-28T07:48:49.451-07:00Lol! Well, you'll just have to come and visit...Lol! Well, you'll just have to come and visit me sometime! I grew up in the city but the longer I live here, the more I want to get out. The benefits are usually superficial such as access to entertainment, restaurants, work, etc. while the benefits of somewhere smaller have community and nature, which feed our souls. Yes, I'm generalizing but I've found it to be mostly true.<br /><br />Walden can be a little bit of a task, but it's certainly worth reading. I hope you like it!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-19784179827970931132015-05-27T22:06:09.847-07:002015-05-27T22:06:09.847-07:00Cleo..your pond is beautiful...living in a mad bad...Cleo..your pond is beautiful...living in a mad bad city, the only place I see water gathered is the bathtub!! Sigh! I do so envy you. I know you have told me to read Walden in the past, but this review has seriously convinced me to read it. Only I will hold on till August, when I do a cross country trip...think the book will do much better in outdoors than in this crazy city!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-38784331944306987492015-05-27T17:12:56.416-07:002015-05-27T17:12:56.416-07:00Living in a city, I quite envy your chickens and b...Living in a city, I quite envy your chickens and budgies and the lack of crazy busyness that you experience. But, you're right ...... living in isolation is still different from living in a small village (as we can probably guess from reading Miss Marple ;-) ) It would be nice to try though.<br /><br />While I loved Thoreau's message, I still had a feeling of discomfort that I'm getting from these biographies from about Rousseau on, in that the authors seem to have found "God" inside themselves and have an absolute, unwavering trust that their views are right and unassailable. Even the ancients had self-doubt and looked outside themselves ----- I think it was Socrates who said that the only true wisdom was in knowing that you know nothing ...... I find scary things happen when people trust in themselves completely with no outside compass.Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-9693086123893059412015-05-27T17:01:03.333-07:002015-05-27T17:01:03.333-07:00What a coincidence! I've read 1000 Gifts .......What a coincidence! I've read 1000 Gifts ..... she has some very C.S. Lewis-y thoughts sometimes and her writing is beautiful but I thought she went on a little too long. I enjoyed it though.Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-57235781010833920612015-05-27T14:10:41.383-07:002015-05-27T14:10:41.383-07:00Love your post so much. Totally agree with your in...Love your post so much. Totally agree with your interpretation re. it's not necessarily about packing up and going to the woods, although it is my absolute ambition (as if I don't live in an isolated enough area to start with!). His message will always stay with me. I love the book and already want to re-read it. <br /><br />And I love your Walden Pond! ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-43158671495462844022015-05-27T02:23:03.109-07:002015-05-27T02:23:03.109-07:00I haven't read Walden yet but I'm reading ...I haven't read Walden yet but I'm reading 1,000 Gifts. Interesting that you tied them in.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-28055624570343640862015-05-26T13:14:06.116-07:002015-05-26T13:14:06.116-07:00Thanks, Corinne. I have a book on my shelf entitl...Thanks, Corinne. I have a book on my shelf entitled, "We Went to the Woods", by Louise Dickinson Rich which looks excellent and with Walden behind me, I may travel there next!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-72874155948405764952015-05-26T13:12:23.217-07:002015-05-26T13:12:23.217-07:00Thanks, Ruth! I love my Walden Pond too!
I wou...Thanks, Ruth! I love my Walden Pond too! <br /><br />I wouldn't want to be so busy that I forgot the value of nature and the people around me, either. I appreciated how Thoreau tried to bring the reader back to himself. Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-18031012204796758992015-05-26T12:19:55.683-07:002015-05-26T12:19:55.683-07:00I enjoyed his tones of liberty to be who you are, ...I enjoyed his tones of liberty to be who you are, instead of caving to the status quo. He was certainly pushing against the status quo and some people thought he was nuts. Robert Louis Stevenson called Thoreau's experiment "womanish solicitude; for there is something unmanly, something almost dastardly" and poet John Greenleaf Whittier said, "Thoreau's Walden is a capital reading, but very wicked and heathenish... After all, for me, I prefer walking on two legs" Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-37432831842608639242015-05-26T12:09:25.688-07:002015-05-26T12:09:25.688-07:00Oh, your Walden Pond is lovely. That "I went ...Oh, your Walden Pond is lovely. That "I went to the woods because" quote is one of my very faorites. x*ೃ༄ Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139487177036647728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-57393411073286205062015-05-26T08:55:48.740-07:002015-05-26T08:55:48.740-07:00Excellent review. I love that quote..."We mu...Excellent review. I love that quote..."We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake..."<br /><br />I envy your Walden Pond - gorgeous!<br /><br />The video fits perfectly w/ Thoreau's message. I think there are a lot of people out there who want that, but either 1. they do not recognize the deficiency, or 2. they do not know at all how to achieve full wakefulness. But then there are people who think being awake is the very busy work and distractions that have them ensnared and trapped. I wouldn't want to be them.<br /><br />Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-84281293486542913162015-05-26T08:11:13.354-07:002015-05-26T08:11:13.354-07:00What seems to shine through Thoreau's writing ...What seems to shine through Thoreau's writing are core American virtues: character and liberty. If only 21st century Americans were similarly responsible. R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com