Have you ever been asked the question of where you would go if time travel were possible?
I have and its a question that for me as a lover of learning interesting things about history has many answers, but my number one top choice... the 1960's.
My close friends would be quick to tell you that I feel as I have been deprived of youth spent exploring the sixties. A lot about those years speaks to me. The clothes were amazing and I could think of nothing better than spending my days in lace and velvet. I love psychedelic rock. The sounds of Big Brother and the Holding Company, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, and Jefferson Airplane can often be heard on the other end of my headphones or playlists that I create for my yoga classes. Janis Joplin and Grace Slick are my spirit animals. To have been given a name like either of Frank Zappa's daughters would have been a dream come true. I would love to go back and find Richard Alpert who was a professor at Harvard and close friend to Timothy Leary and witness his transformation into Ram Dass, a man I would even now love to meet. To hang out with these people that I find fascinating and take in their creative spirits in person would be an amazing experience. The sixties for me seems like a time where much was going on the world and the young people were experimenting, creating, and bringing about a change they wished to see in the world. If time travel ever becomes possible I am popping on the patchouli and hitting as many concerts and festivals as possible.
Learning about the past centuries are always a exciting adventure. So much has changed over the years and still changing . I myself think it is cool to look back and see how people lived and what they experienced back in time.
ReplyDeleteNice time choice! Nice blog topic! I would enjoy visiting the '60s too since it was a time when civil disobedience created positive social change. Listening to "Axis Bold As Love" or "Me and Bobby McGee" or The Moody Blues or Bob Dylan as it was all coming out on vinyl-- let's build the time machine!
ReplyDeleteI had a man come into the studio for one of my yoga classes the other day and I happened to be playing Piece of My Heart and he told me about how he watched Janis Joplin play live... Now yogis are not supposed to be envious but I turned green! Where did all the good music go? This year we have lost a lot of great artists...and I find that we are lacking. True art is disappearing and pardon my french we are being left with total shit.
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