and robbersIndians, cowboysThe transition is constant,so is the wareach generation being erasedforgottenwiped clean in face of the nextleaving behind all kinds of livessuitable to, and reactive ofcontemporaneityto each his own reactionto each his own choicesto each his own experience.a few generations ago,one that made quite an impressionand left a legacy in this modern world -the last of the people that lived their youthfree of the world wide web,and free of so much more alongside with it -where the art of photographyand film was being intensely developed,a dawn,a golden age of sunshine makersand flower children,caught a glimpse of a united communitya brotherhood among mankindif truly unprecedented, nobody will ever knowif there ever was a tribe beforethat had truly lived in peacein harmonyin unison ...now they are but mythical.we can believe they have been so,or even that they still might be...but how could such a lifestyle take place in thismoderncorporatedigitalmassindustrializedglobalized globe?for some reasonhalf a century agolate 60s, early 70sin basements, on beachesin houses, in parks,there was a generation that was on a vergethe right place, the right time,and impacted much of what was to comethey chose musicthey chose dancethey chose colorsthey chose kindnessthey chose to challenge the powers that bethey chose to defy and escape the status quothe dawn of the modern era(though what is modern now will become obsolete, ever so soon)where technology was on a slow and steady risemillions of kids got togetherand were able to seethe errors in how the big games were being played,how the big wars were truly being fought,and why...how little sense it all made!!"this cannot summarize existence", they thought"we are all one", they realizedwe are not here to kill,judge,dictate,compareor hurt one another.we should all let one another be free of each other.how long had all of this been going on?!well,all stories we know, and have always known,have had rulersand ruled,kingsand peasants,pharaohsand slaveswhy do we always chose to rival?divide?suffer weakness,or conquer strength?the counterculture had its highand eventually its lowthey had to stop seeking enlightenment outside themand eventually their insides caught up with them;and much work still needed to be doneyou don't turn on onceand stay lit forever more,you must tend to the fireor it willdim, dim, dimand diehard work aheadis there such a thing as humans in union?or is peace only briefly obtained by being alone?is laughter,the human touch and warmth,the soft embraces,the music made,the words spoken, heardwritten and read,worth all the struggle?is there meaning and purpose in being a human being?are we here to destroy,or to create?by observing history(or at least the pieces of it which we have access to),war is a constant themeand aha!if not a physical war,a war of the mind - the psychespirit and matterduality.living humans, if unconcerned with their state of survival,after all basic need are fulfilled, granted and satisfied;if man has access to - and the foreknowledge of future access to -water, food, shelter, and the basics of life, sustained -then man will wage a war of the mindif an animal has such conditions,it must simply learn to beto existto endure.they are desireless,their search is over,they are already a part of the