NEVER OLD
By Jesse Anson Dawn
Tips on Keeping Mind and Body Young

Jesse Anson Dawn, age 55, author of the national award-winning book, Never "Old", speaks out about a most stirring subject: how and why we age.

 Presently answering the question: "How does TV and the film media affect our aging?" 

Dear Reader, Perhaps I can best answer this question by captioning it with a heading of: 

OVERCOMING MEDIA-FLAP FIXATIONS WITH DEATH 
Ah yes, creatively counteracting the Murder Inc. Media Machine and its pathetic pleas of: "Whatta ya mean, are ya tryin' ta say dere is negative effects from all da buckets of blood we tro at people?" Or whatever the standard Denials R' Us TV/movie producer answer is to concerns about how their lack of conscience is battering people's senses. But it's all about "ratings" right, and it's the bubble-headed babble of "ratings" which offers us unconscious ploys such as this one from a cartoon version of a TV executive: "We've decided to decrease the amount of violence on TV by...adding more commercials." Huh? 

DEATH, SEX AND JUNK-FOOD
Ouch, just wanting a little entertainment and not the Beer-Here-Now/Soap-suds/Face-cream/Pill-Popping-Sex/Violence/War-KaBoom-parade, last night I found myself push-buttoning through a dozen gruesomely bloody scenes all going on at once —— with war and murder stories even on the "Learning Channel" ——only to switch from that to coverage of a triple-death auto wreck. I mean, is all the focus on death, sex and junk-food trying to turn us into rat-tat-tat, sex and burger-eating machines with badges and guns?

And speaking of deadening, like it or not, it's quite evident that a few hours of TV tends to tire the mind and induce sleep. And so realizing this, if you plan to go out on a particular night, try to avoid the Tube-View, otherwise it may make you too drowsy to make it out the door (almost as if it were designed to numb people into drowsiness). But once out into the air —— hello! —— expanding awareness and away from the blue hue of what I call the blueb-tube ——poof —— how quickly TV-wed weariness vanishes like a wind-swept haze. 

And another thing about excessive TubeViewing that we're finally coming to realize, is that it's closely linked to a problem alarmingly rampant among children —— Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) —— a somewhat covert dilemma which studies say rose during the 1990s by 1500 percent. But to help heal widespread dis-eases that Big Business too often tries to sweep under the rug, sometimes I look for an assist from that seventh sense (of humor) 

All of which re-minds me of that line from Paul Simon's Graceland album which lets us know that Simon doesn't want to wind-up "a cartoon in a cartoon graveyard." Or living in a world ruled by BurgerSlings, TacoHells, SickDonalds and Sound-bites... 

All of which has spurred me to hopefully rebel against a credo of “Just Say Nothing” — to a truthfully absorbing path of Please Say Something! 

For the whole self-renewal story, Jesse Dawn’s 258-page book, Never “Old” can be received free of charge by purchasing his new book, “The Rejuvenator’s Bible: Working Ways to Create Perpetual Youth Naturally” (237 pages) for the retail price of $15. To receive both books for the price of one, call World Changing Books at (800) 736-3922 and order with a VISA or MC., or send a check payable to World Changing Books: POB 5491, Hilo, HI 96720. ($15 includes books plus free, 1st class postage) You can also order by e-mailing youthdawn@cs.com .

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