The storekeeper here came out and asked if she could help me with anything. Apparently the man who walked past me had reported someone taking pictures out there and had no idea what I was taking pictures of. Apparently, people just don't see what I see. :)
These were taken outside a convenience store in a tiny little town on our way to the coast. The storekeeper was the daughter of a hippie who had given birth to both of her children in the forest. She said she grew up without a TV and was forced to go outside in the fresh air to play. She agreed with this and, if anything, felt she could improve on it even more. She told us she would like to raise her own children in New Zealand, because kids in the States are raised like sheep... conditioned by the media, zombified by video games, and the like. I was flabbergasted. I hate to say it, but I've felt that way about this culture for a long time. It's a rare thing indeed to meet people who don't buy into the pop culture machine and have the insight and courage to actively pursue a different way of life. Now that's independent thinking.
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