Those who write, who paint, who dance
Who want to know more and who ask questions
Who question the government or religion or anything anyone is asked to follow blindly.
Who do not fall blindly into the ideals of the previous generation
Who are aware of the world around them
Who want to change the world
Who live in the present but don't forget about the future.
I meet a lot of these people in Santa Cruz, and this why I love this town so much. I think the majority of people in the Bay Area are open to new ideas and different opinions. Watching TV and seeing how narrow people in other parts of the country often are, I have to stop and think about how lucky I am to live here.
And how lucky I am to have the best minds of my generation all around me. Hopefully, we don't get lost and turn out like the generation described in Howl.
2 comments:
I totally see how Santa Cruz could be the place for a lot of progressive movements and "bright minds of our generation". The whole feel of the town is so much different from the surrounding areas, its like a different world. I live about an hour away in Hollister, and just going home every day it is so different, instead of seeing Obama and NO on 8 signs, you see McCain Palin and Yes on 8. Just the political difference are enough to really effect a city and its citizens.
I know! we live in an awesome place.
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