Blake seems to find love for both the good evil creations of God. I wonder if Blake believes God does this on purpose? Does God develop evil for the good? Does it follow the John Keats quote we read in class, “Beauty is truth, truth is Beauty”? (Ying Yang)

I didn’t write something over the weekend because it took me a while to understand this piece of writing. As I sat and contemplated on the true meaning of “Ode”, I realized that I was looking at it the wrong way. Ode uses nature as a metaphor for all thing beautiful and perfect in your life. I’m assuming that the piece continues to express to us that our appreciation for those things should be great, and never for granted. This is experience is expressed throughout the poem.

I believe the fear of eternal happiness coming to an end caused Monkey to be extremely curious to find out what the future holds. If he can guarantee his own future, and ensure it is filled with health and prosperity, he will be happy to live a life of immortality. Just like humans, the fear of death causes us to change our lives in hopes of prepping for a comfortable afterlife. I wonder, what else might cause him to go on the same journey?

-The article before this one, STORY, also gave segway to this story. The Journey To The West, like the mission of stories described in STORY, had been used to solve unanswered questions of people hundreds of years ago-

For many years, I’ve looked into mirrors wondering is it really me I am seeing, or an image of myself I put together in my own mind. However, after reading “Discourse on Method”, based on Descartes, does the image my mind process really exist, or does it give me reassurance that because I see this image, I exist? It’s mind boggling. I’m almost certain that for this period of time, we will have many philosophical queries, most, if not all, with no definite answer.