I thought this picture was like the image I had in my mind while reading this chapter. I'm going to make the same connection from one of my previous posts, this chapter reminded me of "Into the Wild" when Alexander Supertramp/Christopher McCandless goes out into the real wild for the first time. Everything is beautiful and apreciated. Which is funny because it has always been there, but neither of them had ever really seen it, they've just looked. Christopher knew what he wanted to do, he knew he would find himself, or reinvent himself. I think maybe Siddhartha is on the journey to do the same thing.
I also thought that this chapter related a lot to agape, love for everything. Siddhartha loves everything right now; the trees, flowers, colors, etc. On page 32, Siddhartha talks about leaving behind his studying of teaching and instead learn from himself. "I will learn from myself, be my own pupil". I can relate to this because sometimes we have to make mistakes to learn from ourselves, and we need to really get to know who we are, what ambitions we have, to truly learn.
It also reminded me of a quote Alber Einstein said, "Never memorize something you can look up"( Even though it doesn't really relate to Siddhartha, I don't think it was his point.) If we were to live by this now, school would probably be pointless, yikes.
Back to Siddhartha...
Then just like McCandless when he can't cross the river to get food, realizes he's alone and is so little in nature. I think that this whole awakening is like the last day of school, you no longer follow the teaching of others and it's a time to really find and explore yourself. I think it's an exciting but terrifying thing.
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