BEHIND THE DOOR: Re-evaluating the notion of monstrosity There's a creature in my closet waiting for someone to open the door. Banging the walls, jangling the locks, it screams, "Get me out ah here! Don't keep me in here anymore!" Poor little bugger – How lonely it must be. Isn't there something we can do to help? Hey – have compassion: All the critter wants is an arm to chew on or someone to share their brains. Don't be afraid of dah creatures knocking at yer doors – If you survive the encounter you'll be stronger. The real monsters smile seductively on TV brain-washing multitudes into believing mass consumerism & militarism promote prosperity. Wan-Sze: (coughing) This guy is weird. Will: Good. Creative non-conformity is healthy. Nadia: (raising her eyebrows) Healthy for whom? All too easily, non-conformity becomes mere chaos. ===================================================================================== from How Weird: Out of the Box of Expectations by T Newfields Summary: An image of a skeleton and some reflections about monstrosity, closeting, and normality. Keywords: closeted identities, normalization, decontructing weirdness, propaganda Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?) Begun: 1971 in Newtown, PA, USA ☆ Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/HowWeird/words.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/HowWeird/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/HowWeird/words.htm TRANSLATIONS ESPAÑOL: https://www.tnewfields.info/es/puerta.htm NIHONGO: https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/doa.htm ZHŌNGWÉN: https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/menhou.htm