Don't Make Excuses

Where The Wild Things Are

"The longest, most eloquent graffito...AN AESTHETIC VOYAGER WHOSE HOME IS THE ROAD..." (Krakauer 179).

Inspiration or Fool

I think this quote is alluding to how Alex wanted to live his life while he was in the wilderness. The song lyrics state that he has no phone, no pets, ultimate freedom, and that he is a voyager who basically lives to be on the road. This is very true to Alex's journey through Alaska because he didn't bring anything with him but 10 pounds of rice and some other things that weren't as essential as some of the other things he could have brought with him. Personally, I don't think this is a healthy or beneficial life to live. I wouldn't want to live this kind of lifestyle. I hate being alone for too long so going as long as he did would drive me insane. I definitely think Alex is a fool because he wasn't prepared but on the other hand that's kind of the ironic lifestyle he was going for. To live in a world with nothing to distract him and nothing that he could make an excuse out of. If he had technology and ended up dying, the people that found him could have blamed him for not using his technology right. If he had brought a pet and died, people could have said that he could have eaten his pet to stay alive. Without any of this surplus of material things, he had nothing to make an excuse as to why he died other than himself or lack of preparation.