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= Lucy Northup's Scrapbook =

The Assignment
To get a feeling for how the Samanas, Indian ascetics that are found in the novel //Siddhartha//, try to reach enlightenment, we gave up something we enjoy for a week. I chose to give up listening to music, because it's technically not something I **need**. Technically. = =

Beginning of the Week
By the first day i realized how quiet things are without music in the background. I always listen to music when I'm getting ready for the day, it is a habit i have had since the beginning. Its part of my daily routine and without it I felt like a was forgetting something important. I realized it tends to affect my mood. When i listen to upbeat music in the morning i tend to be in a better mood. Since i had no music, and I am rarely just happy in the morning, i had a rough start to my day.

This is One Direction, i tend to listen to the a lot ->

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The middle of the week was difficult. I had an away game on Tuesday. This away game was at Stafford. That meant that I had a two hour bus ride to the game, usually I would listen to music to get me in the zone, but since I did not have that luxury I had to find another way to focus my thought for the game. Eventually I gave up and went to sleep. That game was not my best because my head wasn't into it. Although, at the game, they played music from the speakers for the warm ups, but it was different because it wasn't the music I was used to. When I hear music that I associate with intensity, such as my warm up playlist, I automatically have a different mindset. I'm now realizing how important music can be if you make it something you depend on.

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I realize that music can have a positive or negative effect on the task at hand, but it depends on what I'm doing. For instance, when I am doing my homework it draws my focus away from the homework even though i usually listen to music while working. When I didn't listen to music I finished my work very quickly, and the quality of my homework is better. On the other hand, i realized that music helps me focus on activities that don't require deep thinking like doing my hair or doing chores. I noticed that those kind of activities took longer than usual. By the end of the week my family was beginning to notice that something was different. My sister thought that I was waking up later because I wasn't waking her up by playing music loudly in my bathroom while I was getting ready. My parents also commented that my room was unnaturally quiet. Even though I have learned a lot about myself, I am ready for this week to be over!

= Awakening = = = I drew the tree with deep roots in the ground because as Siddharhta left the grove "He felt that his past life also stayed and separated from him." The grove was full of trees and their roots keep the forever stationary, just like Siddhartha's past life. His past life rooted into the grove and will forever stay there just like the old trees.

I drew the eye with rivers and mountains and the sky in the reflection because when Siddhartha was enlightened he saw the world for the first time. Green was greener, blue was bluer "The sky and the river flowed, the forest and the mountains were fixed in their place." He saw the world as it in in his eyes for the first time.

I drew the night sky with a barren world and a single man watching the sky because Siddartha felt enlightened and he felt alone and solitary "The world melted away all around him when he stood alone like a star in the sky." Siddharta felt insignificant just like the scattered stars that hang in the sky. He knew he was part of something bigger. Worldly matters didn't matter any more, because he was enlightened.

= My Daily Routine = 1. Get up about 20 minutes after my alarm goes off. 2. Get ready for school by jamming to music with my cat. 3. Risk my safety by riding in the car with my sister to school. 4. "Participate" in school 5. Kick butt in field hockey. 6. Eat a balanced meal with my family. 7. At some point pass out while doing homework.

"He lived alongside Vasudeva, like a friend; and at times they exchanged words with each other, words few in number, but maturely considered." (pg 57)

= Kamala =



Name:
Kamala

Location:
The pleasure grove (a courtyard with many trees in it.)

Eyes:
Dark Brown

Hair:
Chocolate brown with caramel streaks.

About Me:
I am smart and passionate about what I do. I show people how to love. They learn how to love themselves and other people, it is something I take great pride in. I am clever and not like most women. I am independent and strong. I am also loving a beautiful. "Most people, Kamala, are like a falling leaf, which drifts and turns in the air, and sways, and zigzags to the ground. But others, just a few are like stars; they travel in a fixed route, no wind reaches them; their law and their route lie within themselves." (pg. 39) I strive to be like te people of the stars and make my own fate.

Hobbies/Profession:
My job is to spread love among people. I teach them to love so that they can show others and create a loving community, It is a wonderful job because I am literally doing what I love. "You are the best lover I have seen. You are stronger than others, more supple, more willing. You have learned my art well." (pg 40) My job may be different than others, but it makes me very happy.

Looking For:
I am looking for a man who had a passion, who is living for a reason. I want someone who is willing to learn from me, but also wants to teach me what he knows. I want a man who lives his life to the fullest, one who is willing to try new things and captures the moment and takes on every day like it is special. "To take part in all the childlike activity of each day passionately and wholeheartedly, really to live, really to act, really to enjoy and to live instead of merely standing by in a way like a spectator." (pg 39)

= By The River =

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Lyrics: I've got peace like a river I've got love like an ocean I've got joy like a fountain

Quote from the book: "The river has many voices, very many voices. Does it not have the voice of a king, and a warrior, and of a bull, and of a night bird, and of a woman in labor, and of a man singing, and a thousand voices as well?" (58)

Analysis: Both of these quotes show that there are many interpretations of the same things, not one specific idea is correct. Some things are not black and white. You can learn lessons from ordinary things if you learn to pay attention. You can find little things that make you happy, they can give you "Joy like a fountain." (Unknown). As long as you have found something that makes you happy, it doesn't matter what it is. So you shouldn't have to worry about other people not understanding, if it is important to you, it is important. Be mindful of others, because you may not understand them "listen with a quiet heart, with an open, expectant soul" (Hesse 57).

Ain't No Mountain High Enough
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Lyrics; There ain't no mountain high enough Ain't no valley low enough Ain't no river wide enough To keep me from getting to you babe.

Quote from the book: "When the river had told them something good, they would look at each other simultaneously, both thinking exactly the same thing, both made happy by the identical answer to the identical person." (59)

Analysis: Both of these quotes show the bond someone can create with someone who is important to them. "My love is alive way down in my heart" (MG) Theses quotes taught me that love does not mean that you're going to get married and have a dozen kids, it means that you appreciate a person, you want to put them before yourself, and they make you happy. "Many travelers, seeing the two ferrymen, took them for brothers." (Hesse 58). Love can find many forms, but each form is a deep bond that creates a lasting relationship.

River of Dreams
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Lyrics: In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep Through the valley of fear To a river so deep I've been searching for something Taken out of my soul Something I'd never lose Something somebody stole.

Quote from the book: "Oh yes, he wanted to learn from it, he wanted to listen to it. Whoever understood that water and its secrets, he felt, would also understand much more, many secrets, all secrets." (54)

Analysis: Both of these quotes emphasize the factor of the unknown. Some things will remain a mystery, but others are simply difficult to understand, but to understand would be a massive accomplishment. "I hope it doesn't take the rest of my life. Until I find what it is I've been looking for." (BJ) Although I believe that some things are left unanswered for the protection of the questioner " A great good fortune it is to confess oneself to a listener like that, to confide one's own life to his heart, one's own questioning, one's own suffering (Hesse 56).