Sunday After The Races

Sunday after the drag races we would all meet at the local Burger Joint and compare timing slips which always seemed to show better numbers than... more

by Michael Swanson

Original - Sold

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Dimensions

24.000 x 20.000 x 1.000 inches

Title

Sunday After The Races

Artist

Michael Swanson

Medium

Painting - Oil / Canvas

Description

Sunday after the drag races we would all meet at the local Burger Joint and compare timing slips which always seemed to show better numbers than earlier at the drag strip. Growing up in America in the 1960's was almost magical, it was a time when jobs where everywhere, gas prices where around 30 cents a gallon and burger joints where the social hub of every community.
Carhops where to flirt with, hot cars where to be shown off and the local radar traps where to be avoided at all costs.
Obviously things weren't perfect but when you are a teenager in the 50's and 60's the real world didn't matter that much as long as your car ran and you had enough money for gas.

Then again, "You can never go back" is a popular saying which is true. However it is the nature of the human brain's complexity which allows us to look longingly to the past which in many people triggers lost memories and emotions that seem to have long disappeared.

Our most pleasant memories appear to be of early adulthood, a time when life was carefree and the best was yet to come. A time when money wasn't the focus and responsibility was something others had to deal with. Those called the baby boomers experienced this in a most unique way, benefitting from a world that suddenly exploded with technology few had dreamed of before.

Everything imaginable seemed suddenly attainable, that is, until the 1970's reared it's ugly head and showed us that there ain't no free ride. The Vietnam War, Hippies and the drug scene that followed created the "me" generation that still plagues us to this day with stock-market greed and callousness that few could imagine back then.

Life is always a work in progress and with todays rapid changes it does one's soul good to at least pause and enjoy for a moment that carefree person you where then and try to recapture and live your remaining days with that creative spirit that still lurks somewhere within us all.

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February 21st, 2013