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In reply to the discussion: 'Calvin & Hobbes' Creator Has A Message You Need To See [View all]Javaman
(62,586 posts)what if you don't have a marketable talent? what if someone is over 50 and can't even hope to be rehired in a field they wish to pursue?
While I love Mr. Watterson's work, it's very easy for him to make this statement while he continues to rake in proceeds from his C&H books.
It seems to me that he quit AFTER he became an phenomenal success, not before.
I completely understand what he's trying to say, but his statement is certainly aimed at the young people in society, that don't have mortgages, don't have to pay property taxes and don't have 2. 5 children.
However, I'm not saying either that it's impossible to changes ones life and take a chance on whatever, but the odds of doing such a massive change in ones elder years and being successful in today's job climate is greatly stacked against them.
I continue to draw, play my guitar and dream my dreams of future past successes, but for me to suddenly want to make a living wage to cover all my current bills on a sudden whim to follow my dream, I would be very poor very quickly. And my responsibility to my happiness sometimes has to take a back seat to the responsibilities of those to my family.
His cartoon fantasyland is really wonderful but frankly it only pertains to about 1% of 1% of the total population.