In one of my previous posts, I set out to write about hippie paradise, but ended up on a peanut butter tangent. I have since satiated my peanut butter craving, and I am going to attempt to explain the nickname of El Bolson.
El Bolson is a small town that has supposedly long attracted hippies due to its laid back feel. I think the real reason it attracts them is the "artesenal fair" held three times a week in the center of town. A large semi-circle of booths surrounds the main plaza, and hippies are able to peddle their wares. I am personally not a big fan of the artesenal fair. When someone displays a legitimate talent, I can appreciate that. However, I frequently pass people selling friendship bracelets (which I made at summer camp when I was seven) and simple beaded necklaces (popular to make at the Bead Shop when I was fifteen). If I can make an item myself or have made that item myself, I am unimpressed.
As we ate our lunch behind one of the booths, I watched as a woman bent some wire into a sorry looking dream-catcher to add to the others already on display. She sat on the ground with two men and a baby. The baby was on its stomach playing with the pebbles on the ground. It made me stop and think about the hippie lifestyle. What are their lives like? What kind of people are they? Could I ever live that life?
I'll leave out all of my speculation and just cut to my conclusion. I decided that I could live like a hippie...maybe for a summer... and I would have to think of it as a camping trip. I wouldn't mind being casually and comfortably dressed for awhile, but the urge to get dressed up would eventually surface. However, the aspect of hippie life that gave me pause more than anything else was how I would get along with the other hippies. I am too cynical. I imagine it would not take long for them to shun me out of the group. I would question what happens next, and "what if" all the time. I would harsh everyone's mellow.
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I think the hippies would appreciate your effort, bu tyoure right, would eventually but ousted. However, i think you would open their minds a little and let them see that that kinda lifestyle just isnt for everyone. I mean part of there shtick is that everyone should just feel comfortable in there own skin and good about themselves, and well, for some people that means getting dolled up for a night on the town.
ReplyDeleteConclusion - do what makes u happy not hippy.