Now it just depends on which group you belong to:
1. I remember watching black and white TV - only
2. I remember having a color TV without a remote control
3. I remember have a color TV with a remote control
4. I only have had cable/satellite TV my entire life
This locks you into how you will listen when the elder tells their childhood stories of growing up,
dating, mating for life, and all the rest of their young, and mid-life experiences.
Why how? #1 = Black & White Only persons, have a more vivid imagination. The color the tale with
their own memories of that era, because they still can remember things like street cars, the corner grocery and
party line telephones.
#2 - Color TV without a remote recall the hey-day of canned hair spray, kitchen blenders, toaster ovens
and asbestos flooring in the home kitchen with a wall phone.
#3 & #4's will have trouble with words alone.
Did you ever notice how, where and why you listen to the parents tales of their past? If you can get
them to open up, note the situation, the room color, the place outdoors, the other persons present, the holiday
event that allows the elder to open up. Also, notice most of all how much patience you have with their
storytelling.
Feel entranced, angry, impatient, comparative, longing for those options?
I watched President Kennedy's funeral on a black and white tube TV that was in a well-crafted cabinet
with a 78 & 33 r.p.m record player and speaker built-in. Quite the 'entertainment center' of its era.
No comments:
Post a Comment