The title of this text, “Don’t you think it’s sometimes wise not to grow up?” is a quote from one of The Rolling Stones’ most charming songs, “100 Years Ago.”
When I walk and do street photography in summer clothes in frigid temperatures, I often sing to myself a remarkable, poignant, pessimistic-optimistic song by the band The Rolling Stones. “100 years ago.” I wrote this text on the 24th of December, 2023. One day earlier, when I did street photography in frigid temperatures (it was 1 degree Celsius [33.8 degrees Fahrenheit]), I hummed the above song in my mind almost all the time. It was not the first time the song stuck to my mind, and I did not want to escape from it. For example, while starting to walk in summer clothes in frigid temperatures (it happened during the Fall/Winter 2021 season), I discovered the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album.
I was humming, among others, “You Never Give Me My Money” or “Polythene Pam” songs.
To this day, I remember the number of endorphins buzzing in my blood while humming deep in my mind the medley songs from B side of “Abbey Road.” Of course, once I remember how people stared at me with disbelief, I still have goosebumps from this unearthly feeling made by mixing the Beatles’ songs, feeling cold, and taking pictures of mundane reality. Did this feeling of joy decrease? A little bit, yes.
Still, when my mind has a new musical nutrition (like The Rolling Stones’ song mentioned at the beginning of this text), and when I still walk in summer clothes in frigid temperatures, I think it is truly wise not to grow up, but to cherish young kid living in my mind, body, and soul. I totally agree with the Rolling Stones’ message. I encourage you, my Dear Friend, not to forget that a young kid also lives in your mind, heart, and soul, and I hope you will cherish this kid until the end of my life.
