The Late
20th Century
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time constrains
I was reading Ralph Waldo Emerson
& Alan Ginsberg and listening to The Fogs,
Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan, The Stones, The
Dead, The Airplane, Hendrix, Doors, Cream etc. in
the 1960s. There was also the War in Vietnam,
human rights movements going on, growing
opposition to the War and lots of other things in
the air. As I found my way through all of that
and took a stand on important issues 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 which ended in 1970s
with the end of the War.
In 1970s after the end of the Vietnam War,
America became probably the gayest place on our
planet. It was like a wild party with lots of
music and celebration. But in 1980s things
changed. I was also feeling burned out, somewhat
depressed and later became unemployed. So, I
moved to Europe, which by coincidence become the
place to be in the 1980s and the new Millennium.
There, I witnessed the Solidarity Movement, fall
of Communism and the tearring down of the Berlin
Wall. I also witnessed the formation and
expansion of the European Union that 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 one day
join and create a Transatlantic Union. After that,
a World Union or a new United Nations would be
possible with Asia and Africa. Yes, we're on the
frontiers of a new age that began in 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) and
lets forget about past grievances that may still
divide us. I am full of 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 do not share the same fears others may
have towards the unification processes.
Below are some of my photos from those years.
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My
first guitar. Chicago 1966
I bought my
first guitar in 1966
with money I got for Xmas.
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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.
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With
my Tantra Yoga Guru friends from India, Planet Earth 1992.
I'm into Veda, Tantra, meditational Yoga, Sacred Science
& lots of other stuff.

On
Chicago's Lakefront

With
my family from Sweden. These Swedish twins are
accomplished swimmers and studding Oceanography.
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