While walking in a graveyard, I think it's easier to understand Walt Whitman's poem. It is the same gloominess and melancholy that fills your heart that Whitman has as well.
If we actually walk as the writer walks and think as the writer thinks, I believe the more connected we are to his works.
This experience almost moved me to tears. I am a highly emotional person, but I usually am not so easily moved by texts. Due to other events though, I really could feel the pain that Whitman had for Lincoln's funeral.
I don't usually go on walks in graveyards, but I might have to rethink this. Just kidding, but honestly, I now appreciate more than I ever would before because of one simple walk.
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Walking in the graveyard was a cool experience and I think I would be up to it again later in my life just to do it with a friend or two. It caught my attention so much that the way I was just looking at the tombs and seeing the dates and names, would be the same way someone else would see mine when I am gone. It was relaxing and also not to mention comforting because by the way...right now we can look down on these graves but one day well be in one.
ReplyDeleteFact: “If we actually walk as the writer walks and think as the writer thinks, I believe the more connected we are to his works.” Completely agree with you here, the problem is actually taking the time to commit to this concept.
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