To understand the art we are looking at, it is important to concentrate (i.e. there is a lot trying to be conveyed through every word of the poems about NYC). However, the city is an environment that makes people naturally concentrate less on one thing and want to get as many things done as possible. Whereas, rural areas cause people to focus on one task and complete it from beginning to end and encourage people to feel emotions more readily than an urban environment. I find it ironic that we are supposed to look for meaning in art in NYC, a huge urban area making it difficult to concentrate. This kind of course would suit a college located in a rural environment.

Scientifically, we are all going through a struggle against nature to focus on tasks in a place meant for feeling rushed. Why does Macaulay present this challenge to us?