tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19387347.post3958258107060992243..comments2024-03-19T06:14:23.325-04:00Comments on Kleefeld on Comics: The Circle of LifeSean Kleefeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10492399469370737192noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19387347.post-84015320227754904562006-12-23T12:23:00.000-05:002006-12-23T12:23:00.000-05:00That's an excellent point; ANY club is about formi...That's an excellent point; ANY club is about forming bonds and relationships. The problem I've certainly had in recognizing that -- and I suspect many other people have the same issue -- is that every is club is ostensibly and superficially about something much more shallow. Whether that's comic books or opera or art or NASCAR or whatever.<br /><br />There's something of a stereotypical image of guys hanging out and watching football, rooting for their favorite team and/or players. (Well, in America, it's football... American football. I suspect other countries favor, say, rugby or something.) It's easy for guys to enjoy football (generally) because it's largely a testosterone-filled spectacle, wish an achievable sense of wish-fulfillment. Lots of machismo all around there. The joke is, though, that guys get together got that not to express their own sense of masculinity, but to bond with others.<br /><br />Me? I don't like specatator sports. I don't like TV. I'm not big on movies. I don't knit or sew or do any sort of craftsy things. My biggest interest is comic books and it's easiest for me to make that first connection through them.Sean Kleefeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492399469370737192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19387347.post-85200368094574110692006-12-22T17:48:00.000-05:002006-12-22T17:48:00.000-05:00Well, the theme of E.M Forster's nove "Howard's En...Well, the theme of E.M Forster's nove "Howard's End" was just this :<br />"Only Connect".<br /><br />Maning philisophically, that is what we're here on Earth for. It's cool that you are describing how your interests have brought people into your life; but this is not just comics fandom. People who love opera or art or NASCAR cna also form bonds..<br /><br />Well dunno about NASCAR.<br /><br />But it is true that anyone who is a true artist- in comics or in any field- at heart there really is a human desire to connect with an audience, a desire so strong that it defines their lives.<br /><br />Relatively few people make livings from writing novels, making paintings, starting bands..but they continue to do so even though there is not any material reward forthcoming. there's hope of reward, but i do think that the desire to create and express is a big part of what makes us human.<br />Comics or elsewhere.<br /><br />Without connection, life is quite hard. I don't know how old or young you are, but i think you are asking yourself the right questions.<br />best to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com