ROBERT HUFFSTUTTER says:
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San Francisco - North Beach: City Lights Bookstore
City Lights Bookstore, at 261 Columbus Avenue, was founded in 1953 and owned by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, one of the first Beat Generation poets to arrive in San Francisco, and Peter D. Martin.
The nation's first all-paperback bookstore, City Lights has expanded several times over the years and now offers three floors of both new-release hardcovers and quality paperbacks. In 1955, Ferlinghetti launched City Lights Publishers with the now-famous Pocket Poets Series; since then the press has gone on to publish a wide range of titles, both poetry and prose, fiction and nonfiction, international and local authors.
ROBERT HUFFSTUTTER says:
This was everywhere the beatniks were. I was not a peacenik, but one who believed in the USA's fight for democracy for all.
I have learned that not all want democracy now...
There were those who thought this was the logo for the Mercedes--or something akin to this. My mind blurs a trifle when I try to remember too much. Ah, peace, yes, a desire for peace. Hey, that would have been cool, but afterthought is of no value.
Peace, in retrospect, would have been a great idea. This is quite a composition. It would make one fantastic canvas. Robert
ROBERT HUFFSTUTTER says:
HOW DO I SEE THIS PAINTING? IS IT MORE THAN A PAINTING, BUT AN ESSAY ABOUT OUR PURPOSE ON EARTH?
This is a consolidated work of extreme knowledge about a wide-array of subject matter, combined with what I would suspect is an eclectic philosophy, or the philosophy of one seeking wisdom of the ages.
There are symbols of a multitude of defining ideals, reminders of a search by past cultures and causes for the truth. Within this assortment of graphic excellence is a theme of simplicity, a kind of river of goodness trying to flow smoothly.
From my position as a viewer, I see grief and I see joy, but moreover, I see a hope that is present in all who are alive and seeking goodness and joy. It is the kind of painting that exercises one's mind. My congratulations to the artist whose talent created this graphic pleasure.
Robert L. Huffstutter
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