Hair

Anyone that has known me for a long time knows that I had really long hair at one time. Several years back I cut it short for employment opportunities. Sometimes I miss having it, other times I just enjoy having it like it is and knowing that I don’t have to worry about the upkeep it required but, I don’t have anything against it or anyone that does have their hair long. These days it’s gotten kind of common and accepted but, there was a time when it was not.
There are several songs throughout the rock movement that touch on the prejudices toward men with long hair: Signs by Electric Light Orchestra, Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie,  Turn the Page By Bob Segar, and many others. It was common among redneck America that through their teachings in church and Sunday school that it was a sin for men to have long hair, and the peace movement of the Veit Nam War generation went a long way to add to that. It would seem that if you challenge the conformed religious beliefs of a country you were going to hell and that was fine as long as your loyalties to your country weren’t in question. 
I remember many times there would be some redneck sucking booze telling me I needed to get my hair cut like I good Christian man. Well, maybe I had some holy aura going on that made them think I was a good Christian man but I never claimed to be one at that time and some redneck sucking booze certainly wasn’t setting the example to follow. 
As I said, I’m not judgmental of how anyone wears there hair but there is this thing that I do where I look at a person with short hair and imagine them with long hair or, vice versa just to see which one would suit them better. Some I think would look better with it long, others with it short, with some it doesn’t matter, it would work either way.  Some people with long hair need to cut it, others with short hair need to grow it out because what they are doing either way at the moment is just not bringing out there better features.
Of course I would never tell someone that they need to cut their hair, or grow it out. That’s for them to decide but, if I were to offer any fashion advice on this matter, I would say, just look in the mirror and try it both ways.

Salutation Pending 
Johnny R Draper 

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