Arthur Rimbaud's Scheduling Content Reshaped Life

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From a young age, Smith acquired an extraordinary perspective on life and on rhetoric. Discontent with the traditional Lord’s child prayer, Smith urged her mother to allow her to shape her own personal prayers. This opportunity granted her the freedom to communicate what was in her heart from that moment forward (Smith, 9). With this newfound privilege, Smith describes mouthing long letters to God and offending Him with her “endless vows, visions, and schemes” (Smith, 9). As a child, Smith fell in love with books. Her appreciation of books produced new desires, gave her a fresh passion, and reconstructed her expectation of life (Smith, 10-11). Even as a child her deepest wish in life was to express herself (Smith, 11). Smith describes harvesting …show more content…

Continuing her childhood preoccupation with books, Smith developed an infatuation with Arthur Rimbaud as an adolescent. Rimbaud, she thought, possessed an irreverent intelligence and held the keys to an esoteric language (Smith, 29). This language captivated her, although she did not thoroughly grasp it (Smith, 29). In Rimbaud’s writing, Smith found a chiseled imagery of Heaven that she fastened to (Smith, 30). Besides Rimbaud, another influences shaped Smith’s fate. The novels and authors Smith read affected her attitude and her rhetoric as a poet. Inspired by the unconventional tomboy writer Jo in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Smith crafted her own stories (Smith, 16). During this season she hoped she might write a book one day (Smith, 16). During the following year, a rare trip to the Museum of Art in Philadelphia transformed Smith and altered the trajectory of her life (Smith, 16-17). On this trip, Smith realized human beings could create art, and that artists saw what others did not (Smith, 16-17). From that moment forward, Smith sought to become an artist, even though she did not know if she carried the capabilities of an artist (Smith,

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