power to peaceful

Yesterday at golden gate park was the 8th annual "Power to the Peaceful Festival". My main reason for attending was to catch up with some of my friends from SJ, Ernie (middle), and Matt (right).

Matt is my closest friend from SJ and has plaid a major role in sharpening me and inspiring me to become who I've become.

A couple of obversations about the festival:
*what i had written earlier wasn't meant to be overly critical, it was actually more of a question about human nature, mainly what relationship there is between differennt substances and varying movements? Some of this stems from the power to peaceful festival, but also an article i read in the most recent Rolling Stone about Daniel Pinchbeck and the resurgence of hullicinagenic substances, mainly those of from plants, etc.
Marijuana does usually make a person more docile, so it would make sense to see its use at peaceful gatherings, cocaine during the 80's was the drug of choice during the rise in Wall Street, a more aggressive environment. Barbituates during the rock-n-roll surge in the 50's.

Maybe the question is, do we as humans once we've felt come certain emotion/soulful feeling seek to find something that will enhance that feeling?
Is there a relationship between peace and the use of substances?

If a side issue is the environment then it might prove useful to cease printing thousands of flyers and handing them out - it just creates litter.

10 September 2006

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

ooh jeeez. litter. what if it was recycled paper.

adam said...

recylced paper gets it at a little, still debris to pickup and do something with.

Anonymous said...

those were positive comments about a peace gathering...
how would you suggest advertising for such an event?

Anonymous said...

and were the alcohol and pot explicitly in the name of peace, or just people relaxing and having a good time?

...just thoughts. your post sounded a little harsh.

adam said...

what i had written earlier wasn't meant to be overly critical, it was actually more of a question about human nature, mainly what relationship there is between differennt substances and varying movements? Some of this stems from the power to peaceful festival, but also an article i read in the most recent Rolling Stone about Daniel Pinchbeck and the resurgence of hullicinagenic substances, mainly those of from plants, etc.
Marijuana does usually make a person more docile, so it would make sense to see its use at peaceful gatherings, cocaine during the 80's was the drug of choice during the rise in Wall Street, a more aggressive environment. Barbituates during the rock-n-roll surge in the 50's.

Maybe the question is, do we as humans once we've felt come certain emotion/soulful feeling seek to find something that will enhance that feeling?
Is there a relationship between peace and the use of substances?

Na said...

do you wanna smoke a joint?