The Beat Generation

[Estella*]

an ode to the beat generation!

 

[Estella*]

""Angel", a Brooklyn College student, was selected Miss Beatnik of 1959. She is posing on MacDougal Street, in front of the 1931 Chevrolet Independence wood-wheeled roadster owned by radio monologuist Jean Shepherd. Miss Beatnik is now a psychoanalyst, mother of three, and a grandmother."

-- Photo by Fred, W. McDarrah

 

[Estella*]

i found some of the pictures at www.beatmuseum.org

 

[LaceFab4]

I love those pictures!

Anna thanks for posting! They're beautiful!

 

[Estella*]

independence and experimentation

 

[Estella*]

you're welcome lacefab4! i'm glad you like them too!

 

[Estella*]

neal cassady, cassady with kerouac, caroline cassady,
jack kerouac

 

[Estella*]

i'll post more tomorrow...
wouldn't daniel craig make a good kerouac?

 

[in the miso soup]

ill never get enough of the beats. kerouac is one of my huge inspirations. so is pretty much every beat ever. bukowski, brautigan, cassady (of course), etc.
thanks so much for those pictures. and the website.

 

[Estella*]

you are very welcome, in the miso soup!

 

[Pigling]

A great idea for a topic, and one i would have never thought of myself, thanks!
The mood of this time just seems so different from what it is today, and i mean, what i'd give to tag along on Sal's trip!
It's def. time for an ode!

 

[Estella*]

thanks pigling, yes there is a very special mood to these pictures...and it doesn't make today look bright but somehow i get a very happy feeling from them, too...they were so vital and wild and bright...shining..

 

[Estella*]

some beat-like pictures of audrey hepburn in funny face:

 

[Estella*]

pictures from www.thefairestlady.com

 

[Estella*]

kerouac reading,
leroi jones a.k.a. amiri baraka with di prima,
diane di prima reading...

 

[jennifer~]

Lovely topic... I've got an interest in this...

 

[luxmode]

Thanks for the topic and photos! I can't believe there's a beat museum

Love the pics of Audrey...I completely copied her look after I saw the film for the first time.

My favorite beat - Lawrence Ferlinghetti

 

[ball79]

God save the beats!! and frisko! and god save the exis!!

 

[strawberry daiquiri]

Love the pics of Audrey...I completely copied her look after I saw the film for the first time.

You weren't the only one.

Nice thread... thanks Anna for yet another great contribution.

 

[LucyInTheSky]

Thank you SO much for this thread. I love the beat culture and writers...and basically everything else about the beat generation.