The themes that I chose from The Last Lecture to depict in my art project are; brick walls are there for a reason, and make a decision: Tigger or Eeyore. I favored these themes because they resonate with me and can both be illustrated coherently within the same drawing. In the cartoon I drew, Tigger sits morosely on top of a brick wall pitying a dejected Eeyore. Eeyore, with his pessimistic attitude, is unable to find a way past the wall to join Tigger. Realistically, Tigger would be helping his friend Eeyore get up over the wall because that is part of his character. However, I was trying to get a message across. The idea that I attempted to get across is those who act like Eeyore -- wallowing in self-pity and sorrow-- won’t have the determination to get over brick walls, also known as challenges.
Randy Pausch wrote, “The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick …show more content…
They determine who will bounce over the wall, or who will stare at the wall waiting for it to move by itself when it won’t. People who choose to act like Tigger will have a better quality of life and can work through difficulties with significantly less effort than those with an Eeyore attitude. Acting like Tigger simply makes your life easier. Some brick walls are impossible to get through, but being a Tigger makes dealing with those situations less distressing. For example, Randy was diagnosed with terminal cancer, yet he always had hope he would live until he grew old. He wrote, “Someone asked me what I want on my tombstone. I replied: 'Randy Pausch: He Lived Thirty Years After a Terminal Diagnosis.' (197)”Although he knew it was unlikely, it kept him at peace and upbeat during his life. Those without the Tigger can-do attitude will struggle to overcome the inevitable brick walls that occur in life, and I hope to have depicted that in my
Randy Pausch wrote, “The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick …show more content…
They determine who will bounce over the wall, or who will stare at the wall waiting for it to move by itself when it won’t. People who choose to act like Tigger will have a better quality of life and can work through difficulties with significantly less effort than those with an Eeyore attitude. Acting like Tigger simply makes your life easier. Some brick walls are impossible to get through, but being a Tigger makes dealing with those situations less distressing. For example, Randy was diagnosed with terminal cancer, yet he always had hope he would live until he grew old. He wrote, “Someone asked me what I want on my tombstone. I replied: 'Randy Pausch: He Lived Thirty Years After a Terminal Diagnosis.' (197)”Although he knew it was unlikely, it kept him at peace and upbeat during his life. Those without the Tigger can-do attitude will struggle to overcome the inevitable brick walls that occur in life, and I hope to have depicted that in my