In Praise of Margins
“In Praise of Margins” -Argument
In the essay “In Praise of Margins,” Ian Frazier elaborates on the idea that margins are needed for the purpose of our own sanity. Frazier believes that “as the world gets more jammed up, we need margins . . . where you can try out odd ideas that you might be afraid to admit to with people looking on.” He believes that by engaging in marginal activities we can manage to avoid most of the stresses this “jammed up” world has to offer. As a child, Frazier’s marginal place was the woods where he and his friends would go out exploring and navigating their limitless imaginations. The marginal places that Frazier refers to in his passage are those that only benefit us on a personal level. In his passage Frazier conveys that as he became an adult he became a more ambitious person-everything he did had to have a purpose. As compared to his childhood, his adulthood was made up of pursuits and goals. He then realizes that at certain points we need a break from our purpose-filled lives. I agree with Frazier because we more than often times need a break from the fast pace, day to day routine that we are constantly consumed in.
As children, most of us experienced and even lived in a world of imagination where we were able to explore beyond the world we lived in. Whether it was a certain activity we engaged in or certain place we went to, these things helped us develop as children. Frazier and his friends would go to the woods to “explore” whatever was out there for them to find. They spent their time climbing trees and crushing ice for their own fun play time. Like Frazier, during my childhood I was always very absorbed in art. Drawing was a way for me to imagine a world where possibilities were endless. As I would draw no one really disturbed me because I was “taken away”. I didn’t have to worry about my drawing being the next Picasso masterpiece, or I didn’t have to worry about my drawing making sense at all. I was just drawing for
In the essay “In Praise of Margins,” Ian Frazier elaborates on the idea that margins are needed for the purpose of our own sanity. Frazier believes that “as the world gets more jammed up, we need margins . . . where you can try out odd ideas that you might be afraid to admit to with people looking on.” He believes that by engaging in marginal activities we can manage to avoid most of the stresses this “jammed up” world has to offer. As a child, Frazier’s marginal place was the woods where he and his friends would go out exploring and navigating their limitless imaginations. The marginal places that Frazier refers to in his passage are those that only benefit us on a personal level. In his passage Frazier conveys that as he became an adult he became a more ambitious person-everything he did had to have a purpose. As compared to his childhood, his adulthood was made up of pursuits and goals. He then realizes that at certain points we need a break from our purpose-filled lives. I agree with Frazier because we more than often times need a break from the fast pace, day to day routine that we are constantly consumed in.
As children, most of us experienced and even lived in a world of imagination where we were able to explore beyond the world we lived in. Whether it was a certain activity we engaged in or certain place we went to, these things helped us develop as children. Frazier and his friends would go to the woods to “explore” whatever was out there for them to find. They spent their time climbing trees and crushing ice for their own fun play time. Like Frazier, during my childhood I was always very absorbed in art. Drawing was a way for me to imagine a world where possibilities were endless. As I would draw no one really disturbed me because I was “taken away”. I didn’t have to worry about my drawing being the next Picasso masterpiece, or I didn’t have to worry about my drawing making sense at all. I was just drawing for