The reading by Walker Percy discussed the face that someone may go visit a famous landmark, in this case the Grand Canyon, but not really seeing what it is.  Sure one may go back home after visiting and say that they did go to the Grand Canyon and saw it, but what exactly did they see?  Did they actually see the Grand Canyon?  You cannot exactly see what it is from just gazing from above, one must go deeper in.  It also discusses how many tourists may go on vacation to a place, like Mexico.  They visit all the famous places that tourists visit, but in the end they feel that they have not gone somewhere different.  A spot not visited by other tourists, “unspoiled.”  Once they visit this certain place they can say they did “it,” and go home satisfied that they did something not all tourists get to do.  They saw what real Mexico was. 

This reading left me with certain questions, including what exactly does it mean by you are not really seeing the Grand Canyon?  Do you need to feel it?  Really go deaper than the breath taking view?  is there more to it than that?  What is the author talking about when he discusses this view on life?  Why can he say that we have no really gone there and we need more?  Something unspoiled? 

When I read “The Loss of the Creature,” I did not struggle too much.  I just thought to myself whether or not I get the deeper message to it.  I am not sure if I understood what Walker Pearcy was talking about when he said that we may visit a place and look at it but not truely visit it.  There is more to that. 

Compared to our discussion of Cliche, this story is a little similar.  When I read this story, I did stumble across some Cliche’s.  One that caught my eye was “By virtue of the fact he has other fish to fry..“  This reading in a way contrasted the discussion we had in class and really showed some examples of cliche.  It talks about how we may visit a famous land site but they soon become over visited and old.  Over used, just like a Cliche which is over used and becomes part of regular speech today.  We need to look deeper into it.  Take back roads into the Grand Canyon, the rough route. 

 

Liberal Arts Education

This is my dorm room. I believe this is a good example of Liberal Arts because it shows the living conditions of an average student today. It shows the different aspects of schooling and the freedom we have. In this room, there are two sides with a variety of different things on each side, showing the plenty of things that are offered going to a liberal arts school. On my desk are plenty of separated papers of different assignments for each of my classes, showing the diverse classes I can take and how I am not held down to one major.

On my desk are all my different books from each of my classes. These vary from Biology and Chemistry to Business and Psychology. This shows the many different courses I am taking this year. This is an example of a Liberal Arts school because it shows how I am not held down by one major and I can study many different courses and keep my mind open to many different careers like pre-med to business to psychology. In liberal arts you have many choices to what you want to do and it keeps your mind open to anything.

This picture of a white board is in my opinion a good example of liberal arts because it shows an empty space which can be filled by anything. It represents the open mind that is free to be filled by anything and not just one certain thing. It is a clean slate; a new start, which is free to a variety of different thoughts and ideas.

This picture shows me with three things: a baseball, a book, and a computer. This is a representation of the many things I can do at once. I can balance out three different things at once, which shows that I am not held down to one thing at a time. With a liberal arts education, my mind is open to many different areas of study, from western civilization to sports to computer technology. There are many different courses one can take and that is why liberal arts is a good choice so one isn’t held down by any specific major.

 

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