How and When Did You Know You Were a Hippie?

The first time I was associated with hippies, I was two years old. It was something I grew up. Since then I grea away, ebraced the black and darkness of one who had given up. Then I lost my entire life and I had to start over. I came here. I do still love goth stuff, but I crave light too and this brought me here, back to my roots. I suppose that makes me a hippy/goth too of sorts.

 

Honestly, I realized I was like a hippie when I started wearing anti-anger/war/hate vests over my clothes which were very slobbish yet in a germinated sense, smoked lots of pot, did lots of other drugs, played lots of instruments, did lots of art, had lots of sex and covered lots of themes in an artistic sense emphasising the over all tribulation towards peace and harmony in the rising....


I also avenued for anger, hate and aggression as well, these made me punk, raunch and hardcore, and were kept seperated from my "hippie" time.
After a while it was a fun time cycling between the pair, harvesting the reapings of each personal ego or aura.

HighSchool will do this kids ya know?

 

I've been a bit of a hippie since I was a very young child... my parents both love bands like The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, so I was exposed to their music when I was quite young. By 3rd grade, I had Yellow Submarine and Sgt Pepper memorized (the albums). I was always at the library or park when I was a child, and I loved animals. Things like that carried over into my adolescence, and I did have a "goth" phase, with the all-black and everything. But it was mainly that: a phase. I still can embrace the darker side of life, but the light is mainly where it's at for me. You don't need to declare yourself as anything, sister. We're at a hard time in our lives (ohhh being a teenage girl is NOT easy), and the world is in disarray; all you have, really is yourself. Respect you for you. It's not "bad" to like the things that you like unless YOU think they're bad. You don't need approval from anyone except for yourself, because at the end of the day, that's all you've got.

 

I suppose between them my parents have been prepping me for hippiedom since I was born...in fact my whole family have.
My Mum is very new agey, I sarted doing yoga age six and meditation age eleven. My Mum taught me about Karma and cosmic consciousness just as a way of life. My Dad exposed me to the music side of things. He loves the Beatles, Led Zepplin, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd etc and his best friend from college is a big hippy (she introduced me to Joni Mitchell). My Aunt introduced me to the way of living. She travelled around the world visiting other cultres and my other aunt...well just by looking at the way she lives I decided I wouldn't conform and be like her.
With all their help I was tree hugging by age four.

Peace and love brothers and sisters
xxx

 

I don't understand you, you want to be able to call yourself something, call yourself human. You never find a lable that's completely appropriate for you. Unless you try hard, then it's conformist.

 

all my life man, my luulaby was ripple

 

I've been a hippie with a strong love towards national-socialist black metal - so don't rule out the goth-hippie combination as impossible!

Asmodean is right. There is no name for the true you. Goth isn't you. Hippie isn't you. Seek your own path. I realise that now.

 

When I just started my study of archaeology I met a person, who proclaimed themselves a hippie. Just that word alone made me realise I was too, no matter my previous view of myself differed from the stereotypical hippie. Suddenly it all made sense. I'd found myself.

Nowadays I realise I'm not a hippie anymore, but I carry the influence of my hippie days with me still.

 

Yeah man that's the whole idea...
Get to know what draws your interest, and have at whatever you will with it, haha, just don't destroy it, create with it.

 

You studied archaeology? Wicked!

 

I'd be concerned if I found myself during an archaeological dig...

 

It's probably time to lay of the psychedelics when that's happening.

 

Either that or lay in a generous supply of them.

 

I'm curious where I'd find myself!