I apologize for being contrary, but...
I have made sure that my son has seen at least SOME of what I have seen. And because the sound isn't really enough, YouTube has made this possible, showing videos from the past. He plays the guitar, as I did. Perhaps he will even be better at it than I was. And at 15 he surely knows who the musicians of our generation are/were. They are not always his choice of everyday listening...but often they are, and that makes me happy. It means that he will carry that knowledge on, and I am sure that after I'm gone, he will still hold an interest in the musical heroes that I had.
An interesting example: Daniel was the one that informed me that Peter Green died last month. He knew that because we had recently listened to Fleetwood Mac, and I introduced him to the writer of Black Magic Woman, which is a song he knows because of Santana. Amazingly [at least to me] he remembered that video session, and associated it with Peter Green.
I cherish the evenings by the computer with Daniel, showing him exactly what we spend time discussing here.
You're right, he didn't witness the extraordinary music of the 60-70-80s in real time, but I think, if you ever met him, you'd have a good old chat about why Eric Clapton worshiped Muddy Waters, and how Muddy's guitarist was Buddy Guy.
Believe me, my son's extraordinary
I disagree with nothing and am pleased by all you have said.
A very old proverb"
A virgin can no more understand a mother,
than a mother can return to being a virgin.
We are born of and trapped in time.
Time separates and unites us.
A father should share as much of the world that precedes his son as possible.
It broadens the sons view and causes the father to reflect and distill his personal excrescences.
Yet there is a gap. and it is vast even when our hearts are one.
Your son was not shaped by your time.as his mother was. As I was.
As his birth began shaping your time
The time you share binds you,
The time you do not share insures that the generations are differentiated
In this way what a father creates his son may refine. or abandon as seems right to the son.
Your son will pick and choose from what you have given him and make the best of it his own.
We did not pick our time, we picked what was best of our time to pass on.
But all the rest of our time is forever out of reach of our children.as our mothers first date is to us.
In short:
You had to be there to properly gasp the time you were in.
For my money the time you and Daniel share is only to be envied
You two have hit a sweet spot in time, in the human life span and experience and should take the fullest advantage of your time together.
All time passes or we could bear no children.
One should be not sad but like the mid-day sun spreading light and love as it arises.
To teach the young is a holy task.
To seek out ones teachers is the obligation of the young. They must take upon themselves the labor of advancing in knowledge. But all of this happens of itself when love regulates the relations within the family..
Here's a line I often ponder. it concerns the head of the family, uh, that would be you TR>":O}.
"He does nothing to make himself feared and so all come to rely upon him.
We must first welcome the contrary before we can unite.
Only after full expression is given to two conflicting ides can we properly bring them together without losing anything of value.
Do give my best to Daniel his sybs and mom. ":O}
