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Generations: Silently Working for a Fair World
by Max Wells
Liv Fun: Vol 1 – Issue 1
I was an impressionable nine-year-old when I attended the New York World’s Fair in 1964. It was like seeing a glimpse of the future; cars hovered, kitchens gleamed, garbage didn’t smell, and deserts were transformed into gardens. Standing atop the steps to the USA pavilion, I felt confident that if I fell, the stairs were so well designed that I couldn’t possibly hurt myself. They’d thought of everything.
That fair, and the impression it made on me, reflected the generation then in power. Born between 1901 and 1924, the GI Generation of WWII had returned two decades earlier as conquering heroes. Now in their mid lives, their still unstoppable energy was characterized by their comic book hero Superman. They were unafraid to take on Communism, Nazism and the eradication of poverty. They built model cities, and invented, perfected and stockpiled the nuclear bomb. A generation “willing to bear any burden, pay any price,” and purposefully dedicated to “send(ing) a man to the moon by the end of the decade.”
It was these Promethean heroes on whom I elevated my childish gaze. My teachers, men in their 30s, also idolized them, sought to emulate them, and impressed on me the need to do the same. Success, they intoned, was simply a matter of studying hard, staying within the lines, and respecting our elders.
Liv Fun
by Leisure Care
Spring 2012
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Generations: Silently Working for a Fair World
by Max WellsI was an impressionable nine-year-old when I attended the New York World’s Fair in 1964. It was like seeing a glimpse of the future; cars hovered, kitchens gleamed, garbage didn’t smell, and deserts were transformed into gardens. Standing atop the steps to the USA pavilion, I felt confident that if I fell, the stairs were so well designed that I couldn’t possibly hurt myself. They’d thought of everything.
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My Portrait of a Sennin-So Shiatsu Master
by Elana Zaiman
Mike Kazunori Shimizu has been practicing shiatsu in Seattle for close to 40 years. He is his own boss and his only employee — his answering machine serves as his secretary.
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Travel by Leisure Care
by Chris Peterson
Resort-style living — why would you ever want to leave home? Well, even in paradise, a person sometimes needs a change of scenery.
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