My Personal Inquiry Blog

I am so excited! I knew that eventually a topic would come to me and I was not disappointed. As I was lying in bed last night, not able to sleep, I started thinking about authors that I enjoy and their works. I went through my list of favorite books The Great Gatsby, The Scarlet Letter, Pride and Prejudice, Leaves of Grass, Walden and it hit me. I love discussing Emerson and Thoreau and their Transcendentalist ideas. Why not start very broad with the topic of Transcendentalism and those two authors and see where it takes me? Someday I would like to apply for the Lilly grant and this could be my preliminary research for a grant proposal! We'll see what happens, but I can't wait to get started!