In The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, the protagonist expounds: "I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space..."
Hamlet finishes this thought with "were it not for bad dreams," expressing that being physically anchored to any place would not stop us from fully exploring our existence and the universe but that earth and our lives are a kind of "bad dream" that do serve as this anchor. I have found much inspiration in this idea by thinking about how we limit our lives with the conditions we have been born into and the straps of society that keep us within these constraints. Reaching beyond those bad dreams, I can experience a life of discovery without leaving the space behind my computer.
Thus, this is the experience I hope to offer you all this semester. We cannot all get up and travel around the world in order to broaden ourselves. In absence of this mobility, we will use various methods of adventuring through our lives in alternate ways. Whether using StumbleUpon to discover new things or using the writing process to do the same, we will have an adventure together that will become more than the grade you receive in this class.I cannot wait to see your contributions to this blog, ~lella
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