"All my life I had been looking for
something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was.
I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction
and even self-contradictory. I was naïve. I was looking for myself and
asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could
answer. It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my
expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been
born with: That I am nobody but myself.”
--Ralph Ellison, From Invisible Man
How do the
Inspired Bicycles: Way Back Home
presentation and the Ralph Ellison quote relate to your world? Do they
provide you with a new perspective? How should we examine our lives? Who
are we? How shall we live? Should we follow our dreams? What are our
realizations? Can the presentation and quotation connect with your
academic endeavors? Did they make you look twice? Did they inspire and
motivate you? If you have seen one of these before, what is your new
reaction? Other reactions? Please connect and comment using complete
sentences. This blog post should be completed by Wednesday, September 6th,
2017 at 2:30p.m.
