WHAT UP PEEPS!
Would you look at this, One more day to go and I will have successfully completed my first challenge here on Steemit. Not too shabby if you ask me. But I very well might get hit by a out of control bus this evening and never finish it
I was an avid reader in my early teen years. Nothing made me happier than getting lost in a book. Most kids my age groaned at the thought of doing book reports or having chapters to read over the weekend. Not me - Nope.
You see, I was a chunky awkward ball of angsty A-Hole who was more than perfectly content spending a sunny day sitting by a window with some good light, a plate of cookies and a bit of quality literature - Although I understand quality - Like beauty is mostly subjective. I routinely found myself finishing books in a single sitting - The first of which was one that has been on the required reading list of students across North America for decades. the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
So here's my Tuesday Orange photo:
Whenever I'm talking books with people I ask what their thoughts on it are. Most say they didn't like it - I've surmised that has a large portion to do with the fact that they had to read it for school - And unless you liked reading you were going to have a hard time connecting with Holden and the story. Because it was a assigned task not something you decided to to. I always suggest that they go back and give it another shot.
I also meet people that enjoyed the book, and who like me - Go back and give it another read it every so often. To these people I ask what their favorite parts of the story were. The majority go for lines about "Phonies" - Or the part where Holden talks to the cabbie and asks "where the ducks in central park go during the winter." For me Its part of a conversation Holden had with his teacher Mr. Anatoli in chapter 24.
There's this one specific line Mr. Antolini says that's always stuck with me. - Note - Sometimes Antolini was hella creepy - But that has nothing to do with the quote.
"The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one" ~ Mr. Antolini to Holden Pg. 188
That's some deep stuff about choosing a path and the mettle of a man that heavily affected me growing up. In fact - I still, find myself calling this quote to mind when faced with certain decisions.
Fun Fact:
This is actually a quote form a psychoanalyst named Wilhelm Stekel - But its believed by some that he was paraphrasing a statement by a writer from Germany who lived between 1813 and 1865 named Otto Ludwig ~ which you can find below.
"The highest he could raise himself to was to die gloriously for something; now he rises to something greater: to live humbly for something."
Bonus Fact: - Not so fun :
When Mark David Chapman shot and killed John Lennon in 1980 he had a copy of the Catcher in the Rye on him, read it peacefully while waiting to be arrested and furthermore even quoted the book during the trial.
FOR THE NERDS!!!
As always, here is an unaltered copy of the photo and below it you will find the tech specs for the shot.
4240 × 2832
A7sii
24mm Rokinon Cine prime
f/2
1/100s
ISO 1600
Annnnnnnd, another one bites the dust! I'm not sure if I'll continue the color challenge posts after this is done. Regardless I'll still be posting at least once a day moving forward. See you guys tomorrow for day 7.
Thanks for stopping by.
All the Best.
E.