For this week a friend suggested that I read Alison Bechdel’s
“Fun Home : A Tragicomic”, coming from a fairly big house hold (5 siblings) she
thought I’d get a kick out of it. The comic is really a “tragicomic” like the
sub title says. Its really heavy, dealing with complex personal issues,
sensations, and personal experiences.
Alison wrote this a personal memoir of her actual experience growing up.
Trying to understand her sexuality, gender roles in society and at home,
suicide, and the roles of parents in a childs life.
I really like that the manner in which Alison Bechdels dealt
with all these internal issues of her youth, was to put them down on paper and
create expressive art. Using negative experiences and being able to covnert
them into creative energy is a very difficult
thing to do.
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