When will I find my Hobbes!!

Bill Watterson’s classic ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ has always been one of my favorite scripts. His profound views on the daily nuances of life, makes your head go ‘drip-a-drip’.  It always amazed me how well did Watterson represent the harsh realities of life in such a comical-fashion, of how he could make you laugh-out-your-wits and put you into deep ponder of things that are at the same time. 

But what lasts in my mind the most whenever I flip through the classic 4-column script, is the affectionate character that is Hobbes. Our dear stripped-orange creature, casts a jaundiced view over the manifold failings of humanity, at the same time maintains a faith in the very human.

In every sense, Hobbes fulfills Calvin’s yearning for conformity.

And that’s what makes me jealous of Calvin, and my heart yearns for my very own Hobbes.

One might argue I am a weak soul to say that I long for conformity, that the greatest of writers and revolutionary minds , always quoted conformity to be the “jailer of freedom” and “enemy of growth”.
I don’t say I am opposed to that view, but any human does need an approval of his state of affairs. 

And that’s where Hobbes come in, no matter how crazy Calvin’s ideas where, how ‘off-society’  his actions where , the orange fellow was always there to make him believe he’s sane. Now you can’t call this stifling. It’s as free as a man could be.

My ideas might not be as crazy as Calvin’s, but I know they are crazy enough to make any sane man say “Are you nuts? People will mock you!!”

So will I ever find my Hobbes – I guess I will have to make peace with the bunny tugged at the corner of my bed, to fulfill my yearning ,  Coz I know I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. Hell, I cannot make even my own body obey me.