Bradbury- Remember the Future

A  L  O  H  A !

The Miracle of Light While flying

Gerardo Dottori 1931

" Don't think.

 Thinking is the enemy of creativity.

 It's self-conscious, 

and anything self-conscious 

is lousy. 

You can't try to do things. 

You simply must do things.  "

Ray Bradbury

 Mechanix Illustrated 1955

 " Every morning I jump out of bed

 and step on a landmine. 

The landmine is me.

After the explosion,

 I spent the rest of the day 

putting the pieces

 together.  "

Ray Bradbury 

 Oh click on THIS one!

 The City of 1950

as envisioned in 1925

Popular Science Monthly

" I have never listened
 to anyone who criticized 
my taste in space travel,
 sideshows or gorillas. 
When this occurs,
 I pack up my dinosaurs 
and leave the room .”

  Ray Bradbury

courtesy David H. Szondy

" If we listened to our intellect,

 we'd never have a love affair. 

We'd never have a friendship. 

We'd never go into business, 

because we'd be cynical. 

Well, that's nonsense. 

You've got to jump off cliffs 

all the time

 and build your wings 

on the way down.  "

Ray Bradbury

The Year 2000

as viewed ca 1900

 “Stuff your eyes with wonder,
 live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds.
 See the world. 
It's more fantastic
 than any dream
 made or paid for 
in factories.”

Ray Bradbury 

 

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Remember the future?

I used to live there.

Old stuff

was being cleared;

we called it

urban renewal.

The future was shiny

and right around

the corner.

The 1964 Worlds Fair

gave us the 'look'

just as the old Expositions had

one hundred years

before.

Space beckoned,

heck, we were going there!

Leisure

would be

the biggest problem;

Flying cars

never crash.

Poverty

sickness

even death

made extinct!

It was just

a matter of time.

Though I remember

wondering

WHAT the average household

would EVER do

with a computer!

Funny,

but today I live 

a lot in the

past.

The future back then

looked better

than the one

that looms.

Perhaps all 

"grown ups"

feel that way.

Thank you Ray Bradbury

for taking me to Mars,

for making me think

of which great book

I'd save from the fire

in my mind.

Thanks Uncle Ray!

But the future

is not yours

and mine-

it belongs

to the children

imagining it now

and will look like

NOTHING

you and I

can dream.

I wish them

luck.

Thanks for YOUR visit!

                                     Warmly, cloudia

 

 “Some people turn sad awfully young.

 No special reason, it seems,

 but they seem almost to be born that way. 

They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker,

 remember longer and,

 as I say, get sadder younger 

than anyone else in the world.

 I know, for I'm one of them.”

― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine