Jr High Drop Out

"It’s not just that people sacrifice their love relationships, and the care of their children, to pursue their careers. Something like this has perhaps always existed. The point is that today many people feel called to do this, feel they ought to do this, feel their lives would be somehow wasted or unfulfilled if they didn’t do it."
— Charles Taylor

Chris Claremont shaped my literary sensibilities as a child.

This detail from an Incredible Hulk comic from the 70’s is a reminder for me.

It reminds me that the universe is perforated with meaning. Between each dot, the universe has a story and each one is a billion years old.

It reminds me that every idea, every moment, and every image is composed of a million smaller ones that culminates in now.

I remember that if I let myself, I can slip between the dots, slide through reality, and make any story my own.

I remember that the empty spaces carry as much meaning as the dots and that the world is better for all the small things.

Comics are a part of my life in so many ways. They have colored how I view the world and how I live in it. Like the old 4 color process that created the dotted scenery of older comics, that worldview may be flawed but it has character and a depth that can’t be reproduce easily.