A little late on the update, so therefore i have a vague memory. Well, the NY Historical Society was interesting. Although I had to leave early, they had a lot of good materials to browse through on their main table.
At the NYPL, the lecture was incredible. I loved hearing about the beats, especially Diane di Prima. I really liked her work and I am planning on reading more of her literature. When I used to think of the 1950's, I thought, white picket fence, suburbia. Little did I know that there were those who rebelled against just that.
The Jack Kerouac exhibit was phenomenal; reading the original scroll, seeing the original names he gave to the characters, and having a first hand look into his countless notebooks was quite amazing. It makes me want to be apart of that time. Nowadays it seems as if no one is original. Like we spoke about in class, about people on their blackberrys recounting what is happening right in front of them. It causes most everything to be old news. Everything has already been written about. Youtube and technology are destroying real talent. Some might disagree, but wouldn't you rather live in a time where people spoke to each other, they were not constantly connected to the outside world, and music was shared not kept in only your ears and there was a certain time of day when you made your phone calls? Instant gratification and technology do not allow our generation to go back to that mystery and special time where new ideas were not easily spread and true talent was obvious.
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