"I erase, I delete, I rant, I change things, I feel hounded and persecuted, I curse." - Georges Remi, on his creative process.
I spent many hours in the library-cum-cafeteria of my elementary school, reading French comics like Lucky Luc, Tin Tin, and Asterix and Obelix in the pursuit of fluency.
Luckily, I was oblivious to much of the racist and sexist subtext in said comics, and focused mostly on the bonking (and by bonking, I mean a menhir to the head, you dirty bird you...).
What I wouldn't give for a stack of French comics now and a drowsy afternoon in which to peruse them...instead, I spend much of my time erasing, deleting, ranting, changing things, feeling hounded and persecuted, and cursing.
(I'm especially good at feeling hounded and persecuted.)
2 comments:
I remember when my means of creating were broken. I had no computer, no piano. Boy was I grumpy.
I was forced into drowsy afternoons. And thank goodness too ..... in the end I sat for a day reading enid blyton books I'd read as an 8 yr old....fantastic.
Asterix and Obelix in the school library .... me too.
Hey muse,
Thanks for dropping by - and for sharing my love of the ellipse.
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