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WILDMAN

                                                            January 3, 2013
                                                            May    16, 2013
A recurrent figure, with many variations,       
is The Wildman, the (usually) unattached
(usually) young (usually) male, that in             Wildmen often do fairly
some sense refuses to be tamed by society,          well with women: the
and refuses to compromise with the straight         famous "bad boy" appeal.
world for the sake of security.


The shy, introverted intellectual
is always a sucker for the Wildman,     SPONTANEOUS_COMBUSTION
hence the fascination of Kerouac
and Ginsberg for Neal Cassady.

Similarly, before Cassady was on the scene,
the early New York beats were fascinated by an
if anything wilder Wildman: Bill Cannastra,           ON_BROKEN_WINEGLASSES
whose self-destructive antics and bloody
finish are a thing of legend...


                                                 Bill Canastra and Neal
                                                 Cassady's reign overlapped
                                                 by a few years.

   Many a wildman has romped
   throughout the rock-n-roll
   era, Jim Morrison, Keith
   Moon, etc.

   And many a media image has
   been concocted since then.
   The movie "Animal House"
   comes to mind, which the            STAPLEGUN_WARRIOR
   wildmen of my acquaintance
   in high school certainly
   found inspiring.




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