sparks and sparks of imagination
Reading "On the Road" took me to another time, another generation where money was not the singular most important thing in life, but it was life itself that was worth living. Kerouac and his hero venture into the land of freedom, the great outdoors, the enchanted hallways of sin and passion. What they uncover is the need to live every moment as if it were their last. As if nothing mattered but the answer to the question being asked. What beauty this story has to offer the person who wonders about the edge of sanity and the end of youthfullness. Imagination and realism is the true gift that Jack Kerouac offers us the reader, and asks only one favor from us in return, read without fear and judgement, and continue to question what does not appear to be evident.