LIB 102
Journal Entry Week 3
LIB 102: Human Questions
Romanticism. I think for me, romanticism can best be described up as a universal
creative and philosophical period defining how people in western societies saw themselves and
the world about them. Humans tend to express their deepest feelings and beliefs through
literature, music, and art; romanticism gave people an outlet to express these feelings in such a
way as to share them with others. The art, music, and literature of the Romantic period helped to
shape the World and society as we see it today. For example, the poets who commit suicide
because they aren’t understood by their peers and chastised by their own parents for not
following the path expected of them. The artists who find themselves living in communes and
starving for lack of society understanding their passion or accepting their dream to express
themselves through canvas, clay, or another medium. Because they are Romantics, they can
express themselves through their chosen form of art, but their families and society fail to see the
importance it holds to them –
their art does not fit into societal norms or acceptable “boxes”.
While not raised by Romanticists, my parents did believe I had the ability to be whoever
or whatever I set my mind to, within the legal limits of the law. Our family is one of civil
servants, being that 14 generations have served the military in one capacity or another. While
the military may not seem to be the place for romanticism, it can be. The military has many
amongst its ranks who are philosophers and humanists, artists and poets. Take for example, the
public affairs or combat camera career fields. In these two fields are writers, broadcasters,
photographers, and graphic artists. It is the chosen profession of these individual to not only
document stories, but to photograph, record, and draw the history and current ongoings of the
Journal Entry Week 3
LIB 102: Human Questions
Romanticism. I think for me, romanticism can best be described up as a universal
creative and philosophical period defining how people in western societies saw themselves and
the world about them. Humans tend to express their deepest feelings and beliefs through
literature, music, and art; romanticism gave people an outlet to express these feelings in such a
way as to share them with others. The art, music, and literature of the Romantic period helped to
shape the World and society as we see it today. For example, the poets who commit suicide
because they aren’t understood by their peers and chastised by their own parents for not
following the path expected of them. The artists who find themselves living in communes and
starving for lack of society understanding their passion or accepting their dream to express
themselves through canvas, clay, or another medium. Because they are Romantics, they can
express themselves through their chosen form of art, but their families and society fail to see the
importance it holds to them –
their art does not fit into societal norms or acceptable “boxes”.
While not raised by Romanticists, my parents did believe I had the ability to be whoever
or whatever I set my mind to, within the legal limits of the law. Our family is one of civil
servants, being that 14 generations have served the military in one capacity or another. While
the military may not seem to be the place for romanticism, it can be. The military has many
amongst its ranks who are philosophers and humanists, artists and poets. Take for example, the
public affairs or combat camera career fields. In these two fields are writers, broadcasters,
photographers, and graphic artists. It is the chosen profession of these individual to not only
document stories, but to photograph, record, and draw the history and current ongoings of the
