Grace's+Reflection+for+this+page

Americans dream in every direction. Some of us don't necessarily know what we want and are constantly in search of it. Some of us are too preoccupied with being on top and conforming, that we set aside and ignore our other loftier dreams. Many Americans do search for a dream beyond this, however. Love, passion, kindness, and peace are amongst these kinds of dreams. I start my page with a quote from Jack Kerouac's //On the Road// and a painting of wanderers by Patricia Morris because I think it represents how I dream: without direction, just looking for something better outside of the world of superficiality. To go in conjunction with Kerouac's quote is a segment from //Howl// by Allen Ginsberg, a good friend of Kerouac's. I demonstrate through pictures and quotes by De Tocqueville the materialistic dreams of power and money that consume the most of us. Under the topic of superficiality I also included the movie trailer of Revolutionary Road, a movie about a couple in the 50's whose lives turn for the worse after trying so hard to conform to society. They hold off their dreams of living life and traveling to Europe. I transition to the next kind of dream with pictures of love, passion, and a clip from a //Streetcar Named Desire//. This clip demonstrates the simple desire of kindness and love. Peace is also included under this category. Americans are allowed to speak their minds and utilize that opportunity by constantly calling for change and peace. Today we see protests of the Iraq war just as we did the Vietnam war. One of the last pieces I included was an anti-war song by Peter Paul and Mary, "Where Have the Flowers Gone?" It advocates for change in America, and their dream of peace. My final quote brings me back to the title of this wall and reiterates the idea that Americans don't always know where they're headed, but they want to at least be moving forward toward something.