I love all the Norman Rockwell paintings. It takes me back to when I was a child before everything changed. Even if it may have been painted years earlier. Just like the movie 'Christmas Story' was written for about 10 years before my time, it still relates to how our Christmases were also. How I yearn for life like it once was. All decent moral people with no cussing, indecency and other great ways of life.
I understand your nostalgia but everything we see today was happening then. The only difference? The American People slept.
Look at an iconic moment in our history like Pearl Harbor. The Japanese were goaded into this FF action by a president desperate for America to enter a war he is greatly responsible for creating. They used similar tactics when they sunk the Maine in Havana Harbor and in the Gulf of Tonkin and on 9/11. They use atrocities to pique our Patriotic fervor and guide us into wars that dont need to be fought for reasons of personal power and money.
So in fact these days are directly responsible for the miserable place we find ourselves in and we are to blame through our own narcissism. Even Rockwells paintings could be considered part of the pacification of the People.
If we are going to be a part of the Great Awakening we must awaken fully. We must see the entire picture, not just those things that abhor us on the face of it but even the most insidious plots to numb our minds.
Yes. I know this has been going on since the Titanic, and maybe even before then. I simply like the Rockwell paintings because they send me back to a time of innocence and peace.
You bet I do. When I see the laughter and smiles on my grandchildren's faces when they are playing, I tell myself that there will be no way anyone will take away that childhood innocence from them. Even if it costs me my life.
I love all the Norman Rockwell paintings. It takes me back to when I was a child before everything changed. Even if it may have been painted years earlier. Just like the movie 'Christmas Story' was written for about 10 years before my time, it still relates to how our Christmases were also. How I yearn for life like it once was. All decent moral people with no cussing, indecency and other great ways of life.
I understand your nostalgia but everything we see today was happening then. The only difference? The American People slept.
Look at an iconic moment in our history like Pearl Harbor. The Japanese were goaded into this FF action by a president desperate for America to enter a war he is greatly responsible for creating. They used similar tactics when they sunk the Maine in Havana Harbor and in the Gulf of Tonkin and on 9/11. They use atrocities to pique our Patriotic fervor and guide us into wars that dont need to be fought for reasons of personal power and money.
So in fact these days are directly responsible for the miserable place we find ourselves in and we are to blame through our own narcissism. Even Rockwells paintings could be considered part of the pacification of the People.
If we are going to be a part of the Great Awakening we must awaken fully. We must see the entire picture, not just those things that abhor us on the face of it but even the most insidious plots to numb our minds.
Yes. I know this has been going on since the Titanic, and maybe even before then. I simply like the Rockwell paintings because they send me back to a time of innocence and peace.
Yes , Mary I yearn for those days, too! Sweet innocent times and for the days when children could have a REAL childhood!
You bet I do. When I see the laughter and smiles on my grandchildren's faces when they are playing, I tell myself that there will be no way anyone will take away that childhood innocence from them. Even if it costs me my life.