Transcendentalism is a form of idealism; thus, it expands on the essential opinions of personal reflection that relate to general concepts of spirit, unity of life and earth, truth, and intuition of nature. Transcendentalism derives from the word “transcendent”, which ultimately defines as an inspiring, most magnificently uplifting way to describe something. As a search for deeper truth and meaning involving their brilliant lives, Emerson and Thoreau have exulted a new way of complimenting the alliance of human insight and the universal organisms that surround life in itself. “Thoreau and the Crickets”, a poem written by David Wagoner, exposes numerous distinctive characteristics of transcendentalism concerning crickets, and how they are a representation of how gentle, yet alive, nature may be. In addition, James Gorman has written a reflection called “Up a Creek, With a Paddle”, which introduces his way of managing to escape from society, via “water”, during the resulting grief of the New York terrorist acts. (read full text…)