In the post-9/11 era, the superhero movie is what the Western was in the Cold War, a way to explore our identity in a deeply troubling time, to pursue allegorical solutions and examine potential pitfalls.
I believe exploring our identity and who we are is healthy and necessary.
As former acolyte Vin Diesel wrote in his foreword to 30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons (no, honestly), "Playing D&D was a training ground for your imagination, and an opportunity to explore our own identities".
After all the headaches, sweat, tears and frustrations, we realized we're just two different people who wanted to explore our own identities.
Nightclubs allow us to explore our sense of identity in ways that not many other places can.
We do not go to bland suburbs or enclosed shopping malls to learn about our past, explore our culture, or discover our identity.
In my workshop we never explored our racial identities or how they impacted our writing — at all.
Taking place in Shoreditch, east London, talks range from YouTube conqueror Jamal Edwards and coding whizz Kathryn Parsons discussing whether London startups have enough edge to survive the global tech market, to social-media investigator Jamie Bartlett and film-maker Beeban Kidron exploring how our identities change online.
In the same way, birthdays can prompt us explore how our identity has evolved.
It's exploring your identity in digital form.
According to Stone, Patton, and Heen, an important step in conflict management is to explore and acknowledge our identity issues.
