We are always born into an inferno. Dr. Bettmann is candid, gregarious, relaxed, scholarly but not stuffy, and a nonstop talker with a finely honed and enthusiastic sense of humor. He's also possessed of a verver and a joie de vivre that elude many folks one-third his age. And an inquisitiveness that some of us, sadly, will never experience. I've become somewhat disillusioned with pictures.
Words can do so much more in stirring people to a deeper level of consciousness.
Youth has been so conditioned to look for pictures. Jim Leggett, Boca Raton Magazine, Winter, 1986. I take a walk along the beach and go for a swim. Then I take care of some daily chores, go to my office, read a little, write a little. For a man who lives 24 hours a day, it is essential to take a couple of hours for your body's self-maintenance.