The New Walden (By Matt Steel)
The New Walden (By Matt Steel)
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- deathboy1
Thoreau probably would be pissed. This project seems to kind of go against the whole point of the book and his personal philosophy
“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will tax the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object. Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden
- I think you're right. It took me a while to come to this conclusion, and it's looking like the campaign might have been cursed by the adaptation approach.gramme