Build Your Own World. So Fast Will Disagreeable Things...Vanish (Illustration for Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature") 1830 - 1892

Christopher Pearse Cranch's "Build Your Own World. So Fast Will Disagreeable Things...Vanish (Illustration for Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature")" is a pen and ink illustration that depicts a man sitting in a chair while witnessing houses walking away in the distance, along with a pig, snake, and spider. This satirical artwork was created between 1830 and 1892. The artwork is a whimsical take on the transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay "Nature," published in 1836. The text in the speech bubble, "Build your own World...So fast will disagreeable things...vanish...freaks, madness & frictions cannot...Nature p. 1," reflects Emerson's idea that by embracing nature and solitude, one can overcome the negative aspects of society.