I don’t know if you have noticed how superheroes seem to be everywhere these days, on TV and in the Movies, permeating the culture. I started wondering about this some years ago when I noticed that the response to war, global and personal tragedy was to escape into fantasy. And what better medium for fantasy has there been but comic books. But let me just cut to the heart of the matter. Who writes comic books? Mostly guys in their 30s, 40s, 50s and up, from all the interviews and fan worships I have seen. So what does that say about who are the gate keepers to our inner lives? It says a lot.
Most comic book writers are white men who would get their asses beat even now if they went to the typical high school, the fuel that sparked their fantasies. But not only that, what does it say about our culture, when we are surrounded by the awful truth of petty criminals to powerful people controlling the lives of an entire nation – the world, and are so unstoppable, unreachable that the only recourse the common man has is to retreat into a world of make believe and the fantastic, when all the while people in the everyday world embody that spirit, yet go unnoticed until they wind up dead? It says to me, that we need a new paradigm. Direct Action.
Should Barack Obama take the Whitehouse, I for one will be on a plane, train or bicycle to show my displeasure the moment he fucks up. Not because I don’t support him, but no more sitting around waiting for good people to come to their common senses. Eight years of shit being put on the kitchen table and being told it’s good for you and still nobody has the guts to pick up a plate and toss it at the head of the chef. But if you turn on your TV, your radio, go to the movies or see someone playing a video game; it’s all about the superhero with unbelievable powers saving the day. My friends, they ain’t coming. We are on our own. And we have always been.
Preparation is the key. Prepare for the worst but live your life and love freely. The big one is due any minute now here on the California coast and other parts connected. I got my water stored away, several cans of tuna, dried cereal, multi-vitamins, a cache of toilet paper and garbage bags. If I have forgotten something please let me know. By the way, what have you got and where do you live?
Nylon
