Gonzo
Inspiration is such a stroke of luck and readily extinguished. Perhaps Ponce de Leon’s search for immortality was to find some everlasting fountain that would spring forth endless illumination. For some reason, Hunter S. Thompson is that spark of unreasonable inspiration to me. What’s ironic is the new wave of intellectuals immortalize him for his cynicism and self destructive behaviors. They find self indulgence to be the new romanticism. Yet I think the genius of Gonzo journalism is that it was brave and somewhat naive to the shattering American dream. And those that glorify him now are the jaded, dull eyed members of society that believe that criticism is the only way of living a life righteously. The sexiness of a girl can be measured by the number of wrinkles over her eyes and the weight of her eye bags. Her tits have dropped from birth control and her pussy is dry from reluctance. How have we become so exhausted as a society? Have we mined all our hopes and dreams and found nothing but caverns of empty thoughts?
I haven’t memorized every line of Hunter S. Thompson but doesn’t anyone see how truly inspired he was? He really felt that a couple of words could really influence an evolution of people. Sometimes I wish for him to have waited to kill himself just to see Barak Obama.
I had a whole list of things I was going to say, but I’ll revise this later.
Nice post and I think you get the real Thompson and not the caricature so to speak. Hunter was always enraged when people and society failed to live up to the fantastic possibilities that are out there for all of us attain. The cynicism and excess are merely one element of a truly complex individual. Why not drop by our site Totally Gonzo where you can discuss this and more in our forum with your fellow Gonzo fans.
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