The Loss of the Creature

This essay was very interesting, particularly how Walker Percy chooses to show us a different side to how some people view things. I truly believe that you take from an experience or a viewing what you allow yourself. Although Percy brings up a valid point to the experience of discovering something. It is true that only Garcia Lopez de Cardenas, whom actually discovered the Grand Canyon, could truly take pride in the feeling of his discovery. However I do not feel that any other person cannot be breath taken by the beauty of the Grand Canyon. I think the experience is solely up to the person and how they choose to indulge themselves in it. True to what Percy says, one could become bored or feel that they didn't fully experience something. But isn't it true that this person would probably feel that way no matter what? Not because he didn't discover something knew or that the Grand Canyon didn't live up to the postcards he had seen. Most people that go to the Grand Canyon are going to see the immense beauty of it, and even be amazed. Even at age 12 I was breath-taken by it's beauty, and I had seen pictures a hundred times of the Grand Canyon. However I will say that I have a vivid memory of my visit on the second day because there was a rare lunar eclipse that happened before our very eyes. I remember how big of a deal it was, to this day that is my only experience of a lunar eclipse and it happened at the Grand Canyon. So I do understand Percy when he says that sometimes it takes a special experience or discovery to fully feel like you are fulfilled of an experience. However the Grand Canyon was equally as beautiful before and after that lunar eclipse, more memorable, but just as breath taking. I also share his opinion that you truly can be impacted by a place or experience if you whave a desire to share that with someone else. I have been to Mexico several times but have always longed to bring my family or friends there to share the experience with me. Last December my in laws traveled with my family and I to Puerta Vallarta. I enjoyed their happiness and excitement more than being there myself because they too now know the beauty my husband and I have known for years. This essay was very interesting, got me thinking in alternate ways about my experiences and what I took from them. I think this reading will help me to remember to look at things from many angles in order to take away the fullest. I found the ending very strange, not sure I fully understood the ending.