Experience

An individual’s perception is made up of stacked lenses that alter the truth, which summarizes their own slice of reality. These lenses are experiences, and they can have major consequences to one’s quality of life. The experiences one buys and commoditize for status elude them the farthest away from the truth, and are the most spoiling for their character. Our money driven society feeds these illusions to individuals with a bias that they do not necessarily understand and purposefully…

environment or experiences play a huge role on having an affect on one’s perspective and identity in life? People’s environment or perhaps their experiences often have an impact on how they make their decisions in life. For example, characters such as Zane,Walter, and Esperanza, it changed their perspectives on life like changing the way how they act. As a result, their actions can also consequently impact their identities such as their character traits. A character whose experiences and…

affect for the rest of your life. The first time you experience something will always stick with you whether it’s the first time you kissed someone, when you lost your virginity, or when you first fell in love with someone. When people reminisce on their first they experience all sort of emotions. Looking back on your firsts brings the sensation of disembodiment because feelings are heightened during those times. In many cases when people experience their first relationships they come out of…

knowledge, experience, and ability to create viable…

I hold stories and experience in high regard. So to elaborate on what I think wisdom is, I think back to my most recent job. I worked with three other fellows for the S.S. Badger as auto-attendants. My co-workers will be known as Mr. H, Mr. D, and Mr. Y. All three of us are the same age, but that is where much of the similarities end. Mr. Y was a super intelligent person. He was class valedictorian, scored a 33 on his ACT, and was going to attend an honors college for physics. Mr. D was…

In studying memory, experiences, and age, the question of their relationship shows up. Our experiences help us to form memory and these memories are applied towards knowledge. Knowledge by itself is not useful if it is not demonstrative or empirical. Empiricism proposes that sensory experiences are the only way to acquire knowledge that we need. Knowledge is gained with the intention of using it to alter or improve future encounters with same or different experiences. However, the ability to…

Liberty is simply freedom. “The shortest definition I know is, liberty is freedom. It is, however, as important to know what it does not mean as it is to know what it does mean.” (Stewar) I cannot think of a better way to define liberty. Some may experience liberty in their personal lives because of many reasons. It is the right to speak one’s mind, voice opinions, and to decide who is going to lead a nation and that in itself is liberty. An example of liberty is a slave finally becoming free…

disorders, eating disorders, depression, and psychosis. The images can occur in many different forms. They sometimes possess many sensory qualities categorized by their content, vividness, claritiy, color, etc. These images are derived from sensory experiences. In most cases, the images are analogous with the events that occurred during the onset of their specific disorder, and in most cases the events that occurred were awful events. An example of an awful event would be a car accident or…

The Art of Fiction,” American writer Henry James implies that the secret to good writing is to infuse it with experience, whether vast or limited, authentic or cultivated through imagination. James reiterates that the writer’s process of gaining inspirational experience is never complete. Furthermore, he affirms that genius lies within the writer’s ability to openly collect experiences, and he notes how those “on whom nothing is lost” may take even the simplest of moments and develop them into…

While learning allows us to gain knowledge on a subject, learning from our mistakes inspires us to make our own understanding and truths about the world around us and in our personal lives. Experience is the key that opens the door to wisdom. In “Solitude and Leadership,” Deresiewicz questions our system of education that trains students to not be able to think for themselves. Similarly, Hesse uses Siddhartha’s journey to enlightenment to illuminate the idea that certain revelations cannot be…