Witty Whitman
It's hard to believe that so many honored beautiful pieces of poetry were made from the same man as the author of this notebook. It is hard to read, unorganized, mysterious, confusing...but... it is real. I think the purpose of publicizing his notebook was to show how human he is. He often perceived himself as above others and wrote that way (saying that he is the cosmos), but this evidence levels his playing field with the rest of society. From his notebook, I think he was very open and observational to different random concepts in the world including religion, brochures, symbolism, and tragedy (like war). I think another observation that's crucial is the formate of his writing. It does not start in a certain spot and does not have a definitive ending. His pages look as though they are still in the process of thinking, and it is not stated if they are a final copy, or if he would've wanted to work on it more. The messiness of his writing shows the messiness of his thoug...