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Bill Watterson: 'Some thoughts on the real world by one who glimpsed it and fled', Kenyon College - 1990 — Speakola

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I never knew what he looked like.
he looks like a real cool nerd in his Hobbesian sweater
- It's the only photo I've ever seen of him
  He of course looks like Calvin's dad
  
  He of course looks like Calvin's dad
  But with Uncle Max's mustache. That's a key difference.
  
  haha yea. he looks great.
  
  Yeah it was a self portrait.
Gosh, I never knew he did a commencement speech. Watterson has always been someone I look up to. His work is still so inspirational to how i want to approach life and work. He's the real deal and I salute that he did his work his way, and not the way the suits wanted. This speech reinforces all of that.
Good number of heavy lines to understand from his speech. "Most of us discover where we were headed once we arrive".. a philosophy I've built out of that was trying new things even when I thought I'd found the best, new places, restaurants, ideas.
Life's all about the experiences, even the ones far off the beaten path.
This was a good read. Anyone who'se purchased any of his anthologies will be familiar with some of the content, but the appeal to live a fulfilling life and how hard that can be as you get older was refreshing.
- He's an inspiration.
I bet the college regretted making him paint over his ceiling painting.
- If it were still visible, I bet art students would pay extra to stay in that room. I wonder how Watterson would feel about that.
"If you ever want to find out just how uninteresting you really are, get a job where the quality and frequency of your thoughts determine your livelihood."

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