ting, he spread the hippie motto of Turn on, Tune in, Drop Out. Ken Keseys acid tests and his adventures with the Pranksters drew further attention to the acid movement, as it came to be known. In The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, an account of his adventures, he metaphorically states, There are going to be times, when we cant wait for somebody. Now, youre either on the bus or off the bus. If youre on the bus, and you get left behind, then youll find it again. If youre off the bus in the first place- then it wont make a damn. Youre either on the busor off the bus (Wolfe 74). The hippies believed that LSD had the power to raise them to a higher consciousness, it helped you get on the bus. Hippies used acid limitlessly, tightening the bonds with each other and widening the gap between themselves and society. Americans could reluctantly tolerate marijuana usage, but after seeing the creative and frightening effects of LSD, would not accept the chemical in society.Individuality and identity are two very important ideals to the hippies. They feel that the establishment tries to control people through routine methods like organized work and leisure. The idea of anything organized would instantly evoke boredom and restraint in the mind of the hippie. (Cavan 162-163) Many of these young people devoted tremendous amounts of time to doing their own thing. This could have been anything, ranging from creative endeavors like painting and poetry to merely sitting on the grass meditating. Doing ones own thing brought the person a unique sense of identity. This gave them a different approach to finding careers than their parents tried to teach them If you get a job or something, youre even more conforming to the system, and if you dont agree with it, where do you turn? So you see you kind of invent your own lifestyle (Mills 79). The dehumanizing effect of joining the American workforce was met with the hippies decision to exclude them...
