The Late
20th Century
The
quality of photos was reduced for the sake of download
time constrains
in the 1960s, I was reading Ralph
Waldo Emerson & Alan Ginsberg and listening
to The Fogs, Peter, Paul and Mary, Donovan, Bob
Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead,
Jefferson Airplane, Hendrix, The Doors, The Cream
etc. There was also the Cold War, Vietnam War,
human rights movements happening, a growing
opposition to the Vietnam War, and many other
things. As I found my way through all of that, I
took a stand on many issues; thus I became one of
the 2% of young Americans between the ages of 15
and 25 that formed the Hippie Movement, a subgroup of
the 1960s counterculture.
After the end of the Vietnam War in 1970s,
America became probably the gayest place on the
planet. There were wild parties with lots of
music and celebration everywhere. By the 1980s
things changed. Many of us felt burned out and
the economy also burned out. I bacame somewhat
depressed and unemployed. So, I moved to Europe
where my Mom decided to retire. And by a
coincidence the place I relocated to ended the
Cold War just before a new Millennium. I
witnessed the Solidarity Movement, fall of
Communism and the tearring down of the Berlin
Wall. I also witnessed the expansion of European
Union, which I like to call the United States of
Europe.
I hope that perhaps the EU or United Sates of
Europe and the North American Union would join
and create a Transatlantic Union some day. I'm
all for peace, love, freedom and a World Union; a
new United Nations with Asia and Africa included.
Yes, we're on a frontier of a new age that began
in about 1969 (though some financial illuminatis
may say that it was earlier). So lets move on in
that spirit of peace, love and freedom (to do
what makes one happy); lets forget about past
grievances that may still divide us and lets join
hands. I have faith in our human spirit and
believe that it will always be able to overcome
those who may try to take it away from us. So, I
don't share the same views others may have on the
unification processes.
Below are some of my photos from 1960-80s. More
albums are in the photo galleries on top of this
page.
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on a thumbnail to enlarge the image
My
first guitar. Chicago 1966
I bought my
first guitar in 1966
with money I got for Xmas.
Paul McCartney and his first guitar ("The
Beatles Anthology").
In 2003, I found out that Paul
McCartney's first guitar
was also the Blues & Jazz "F" hole
type like my first guitar.
Later, I also found out that he wanted to become
an English Teacher.
That's another coinsidence because I've been
teaching ESL abroad for years.
By 1969 my guitar looked like this when I hit the
road.
Finally, I sold it in Europe when hard pressed
for cash.
Wisconsin
1976
Chicago's
Lakefront 1979
With
Tantra Yoga Guru friends from India, Planet Earth 1992.
