Characteristics Of Ian Frazier's In Praise Of Margins?

In Ian Frazier’s essay “In Praise of Margins,” he sees marginal places and activates valuable. The very word marginal to Ian Frazier has a simple meaning of a “negative tinge” (Frazier) where it is defined as actions and decisions that are non-goal oriented, or without purpose. In Frazier’s Own life, a marginal activity and a place for him and his friends were out in the woods as it was there “part-time address, destination, purpose, and excuse” (Frazier). However, growing up Frazier and his friends had the woods as their marginal activity which was often seen by society as unbeneficial. But, from an academic perspective, I agree with Frazier that marginal activates are important. Marginal thoughts are valuable for the reason being it has given …show more content…
At the start of high school, my family was more separated than ever, and being that my dad is in the military it never got better. Thus, I was forced to do what every young man was supposed to do, man up and get thru the day, week, and year. I would cope with my unfortunate life at home by going to the library every day which caused me to excel in high school but had created a void in my life, making me into an anti-social kid who was naïve to the outside world. As I hit senior year of high school everything in my life seemed to fall apart and the only safe places I had were the gym and library at the time. I had no goal set in mind going their other than being there for myself looking back to those days. As I am becoming an older adult There are days where I look back and asking, how did I get here? I miss those days of my childhood where I could have been doing more marginal activities to get to know myself on a deeper level. Those days looking back my younger self saw a miserable waste of time, became a successor for improving myself physically and mentally creating the person that everyone sees today. A young adult that is not afraid to be alone and to speak his …show more content…
As stated by him “when I waste time for long periods, I paradoxically become more productive… I learned the guitar, played chess, wrote poetry and articles picked up a bit of Japanese, and learned a good deal of psychology among other things.” (Park). Park encourages adults to waste their time for the reason that they can be relaxing and beneficial to being productive. In a society where everything is invariably busy. Marginal spaces are much needed as they are the exclusive grounds that help society continue. Through marginal activities one can find peace in a busy word by working a full-time job and having a