Thank you Craig Thompson for Blankets
I recently finished Craig Thompsons graphic novel Blankets and am stuck in a reflective, nostoglic, feeling about my past relationships with old flames and family members. So many topics hit really close to home and when I ask others they say the same thing.
Remebering my childhood makes me regret the past and long for a better future, but my past has been nothing wishful thinking of the future. This hit hard when finishing Blankets because it seems like, now in my late twenties, I’m ready to experience all that i can but feel like i’m running out of time fast. LIke my childhood is slipping away and before i know it I’ll get too old to enjoy the things i do now. Once i loved to play videogames, or draw comics, or hang out with my family, or go out for coffee, or go camping, or read, or spend time with others ….. All things change with time and that is what scares me.
I can see myself wishing for the future so I am starting to take back steps. Enjoying the present and letting go, or accepting, of the past is crucial to being happy now.
