Sunday 2 December 2012

Calvin, corporate ducks, and the story of our lives...

i saw this cartoon strip in the news paper a few days back. of course one cannot but love each and every strip of calvin and hobbes, but this one especially struck a chord with me. it felt like an allegory of life itself. (or maybe i am overly philosophical and all, trying to read too much between the lines when there are no lines at all - whatever !)



often in life, we are surrounded by people who want us to draw ducks, want us to believe drawing ducks will ensure us everything, from a comfy life on earth to a velvety cushion seat in heaven.
and these 'well-wishers', with all their good intentions, believe that they are making your life easy by placing all the dots - "all i'm asking you is to just connect them and enjoy a duck happily for the rest of your life ".

sometimes you just want to yell at the top of your lungs that you dont want a duck. however precious, rare and golden egg-laying it might be.

sometimes you just want the choice of a blank sheet to draw whatever you choose. even if it turns out to be a meaningless doodle. its all right. i can live with it. its the pushiness to force me into drawing ducks that i resent.

because you dont want a life that is a perfect duck from the dots of someone else's idea. you just want a  scrawl or scribble that you came up with yourself and that works for you. however imperfect it may be.

if you too feel the same way about life, my friends, the only consolation i can offer you is that there are more of us sailing on the same messy boat.
dont worry about it too much for now, lets just hope that some day we summon the courage to say out loud like calvin, "i'll connect the dots in my own way".

4 comments:

  1. wooooowww.... you have so much time on hand to even read cartoons. good. thats a start.

    dont u have things to do like cooking, cleaning and cooking and cleaning ? and inspite of all that cartoon reading, you are also happily sailing in messy boats. what a luxury.

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    1. yeah sure, life's a party... wanna set sail with me matey ? hop aboard :)

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  2. a very late one..dass ok..i can truly imagine maself

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    1. its totally ok to be late, blogs dont have an expiry date :)

      hmmm i know... most of us can relate our life to it i guess... take care, i'm sure things will be fine soon my dear...

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