When I was a child (around 9 years old-12 years old), I grew up on the comic book, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ (written and illustrated by Bill Watterson). Almost 20 years later (I’m 30 years old now), I actually appreciate it MORE! I never realized quite how philosophical it was– (Calvin and Hobbes is an homage to the protestant theologian John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes):

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Morals, ethics, Composition, Philosophy, and Human Psychology of Calvin and Hobbes

Beauty is relative





What does it mean to be “cool”?













Live life to the fullest

Life with danger and adventure, not stupefying safety:





Take risks, and live life on the edge!

Being clever!





On Money





Minimalist story telling

Also the ability for kids to be creative and innovative on their own!





On war and peace





On the futility of weapons:





Surrealism













Innovative creative storytelling

Inside the mind of a child. As adults we should think more creatively — like children !









Dynamic motion

Love the compositions













Arabesque / curve composition:





Speed:





Relativity:





On freedom and liberty

Funny commentary on oppression and censorship, freedom and opportunity:





Why isn’t the world unfair in my favor?

We don’t mind that the world is unfair, but we want it to be unfair in our favor!





Dictatorship vs democracy





Simple happiness





The joy of doing “nothing” (sometimes the best way to spend your time is precisely to do nothing):





On being indignant on your own mistake

Or not admitting when you were wrong, or when you made a mistake. Or blaming others:





“Yes” vs “No”





Modify the rules so you can win!

Live life according to your own self-made rules!





Don’t add guilt





Quiet break in the dialogue and panning out (frame 3):





Physical versus literal attributes

We should describe people via their personality, not how they look!





Make things fun for kids to get them to do what you want





Play along:





Entitlement





Many Americans wanting more of the pie, for nothing?





Our expectations are always in comparison:





Deceptive advertising





Kids being mischievous is good!

Perhaps good for their creativity and ingenuity?

I did this too as a kid at age 2// my mom told me it was my first lie. I said, “Samchon (uncle) did it!”





Create a new category via fusion





The innovative ideas of children

How to take a bath, faster and more “efficiently”:





manipulate others with psychology





Turn boring things fun by making it into a game!





Women centric

Changing gender norms, in the 1980s!





Imperialism and colonialism





On the rat race





Disappointment from our fantasy and expectation and reality

Psychology, “affective forecasting”. We forecast how something we do will emotionally affect us…but we’re usually wrong! For example we think if we buy a new car, home, camera, phone, gadget, clothes, etc — it will bring us lasting joy; but it never does!





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