WHO WAS DYLAN? Some Thoughts about an American Icon Sam: Dylan? Wasn't he that folk hero turned millionaire? Tim: Yep. Once America's heroes become wealthy, ordinary folks often delight in bashing 'em. Kris: Funny. All I remember about Dylan was his early years. Tim: Well, fame is inherently fickle . . . IMAGE: Some translucent stars against a screen with a "BS" and "S8" encrypted code with a rooster-like image of Bob Dylan's face in platinum-mercury with strange rivers of blood/ Terri: Do you think Dylan practice what he preached? Ted: (shrugging his shoulders) There's almost always a gap between the real and the ideal. Does anyone embody their aspirations fully? ================================================================================= from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: A dialog about a famous American musician and image of Bob Dylan's capillaries KEYWORDS: Bob Dylan, 1941 births, American folk music, Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 1972 Newtown, PA / Finished: 2020 Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/nixon.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/enola.htm