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Tribute to Leonard Nimoy
It's taken me a few days to get around to this (I've been very busy of late) but here is my Tribute to Leonard Nimoy, created using various pictures of Spock that I've done over the years.
I have never before known a world without Leonard Nimoy.
Before I could read or write, I knew who Mr.Spock was (and cringed whenever someone called him "Doctor Spock" - a common mistake). I recall owning a jersey shirt with a wonderful painting of Spock, tricorder slung over his shoulder on some alien world when I was a toddler. I loved this shirt so much that when it no longer fit, I put it on a large teddy bear I had back then rather than part with it. I remember watching Star Trek with my father before there even was a Star Wars to geek out over.
As the narrator of the original "in Search of" series, Leonard Nimoy showed me just how strange and interesting our own world could be, touching off a life long interest in the paranormal.
As I got older, I lost interest in the original Star Trek series for awhile, dazzled by Star Wars and it's ilk, it seemed cheesy and dated in comparison, but I did enjoy (most of) the movies featuring the original cast. Later, I would rediscover TOS (the original series for those of you who are uninitiated into the geekdom of Trek), at first enjoying it for it's kitchy, somewhat campy at times "cheese factor", then later appreciating it for it's philosophy, originality, and the trails it blazed both in the worlds of fiction and the real world. Leonard Nimoy and his amazing portrayal of the iconic Mr.Spock was an integral part of the Star Trek success story, right from the very beginning in the pilot episode "The Cage" up to the latest films directed by J.J. Abrams.
It is impossible to imagine Star Trek becoming the worldwide phenomenal success it has been without Spock and Nimoy.
As a biracial child (Caucasian and Hispanic) I could relate to the biracial Spock and his struggle to find a balance between his Vulcan and Human natures and the pressure to choose one heritage over the other.
As a passionate person who in the past has struggled to contain my anger and lust, I could appreciate the philosophy of pure logic that Spock lived by as a way to avoid doing things I would regret later and making a complete fool of myself.
As a fan, I could appreciate that Leonard Nimoy in his personal life always seemed to be so kind and insightful. We shared many similar interests : writing, acting, photography, etc. I'd like to think that if I'd have had the chance to meet him, and could actually get over my "OMIGOD! You're Leonard Nimoy!" moment long enough spend some quality time with him, that we would've gotten along great and I would've learned many things from him.
As it was, I learned a great deal from him just by watching his work.
The world was a better place for having him in it, and is a slightly darker place without him. Now he is off to explore that final frontier that waits us all, in some undiscovered country, blazing a brilliant trail for us in death as he did in life....
1. Spock- now with Tricorder action!, 2. The Coolness of Logic Masks the Fires of Passion, 3. I am/not Spock, 4. Science Officer, 5. I Want to Know What You're Thinking, 6. King of the Plastic Vulcans!, 7. We are all made of stars, 8. Science, 9. "Go boldly over yonder!", 10. A Question of Honor, Chapter 1, part 13, 11. Time Wars Book 2: Stranger Than Fiction, Chapter 1: A Wrinkle In Spacetime Part 34, 12. Time Wars Book 2 : Stranger Than Fiction, Chapter 2 : A State of Flux Part 31, 13. Live Long and Prosper1
Created with fd's Flickr Toys
Tribute to Leonard Nimoy
It's taken me a few days to get around to this (I've been very busy of late) but here is my Tribute to Leonard Nimoy, created using various pictures of Spock that I've done over the years.
I have never before known a world without Leonard Nimoy.
Before I could read or write, I knew who Mr.Spock was (and cringed whenever someone called him "Doctor Spock" - a common mistake). I recall owning a jersey shirt with a wonderful painting of Spock, tricorder slung over his shoulder on some alien world when I was a toddler. I loved this shirt so much that when it no longer fit, I put it on a large teddy bear I had back then rather than part with it. I remember watching Star Trek with my father before there even was a Star Wars to geek out over.
As the narrator of the original "in Search of" series, Leonard Nimoy showed me just how strange and interesting our own world could be, touching off a life long interest in the paranormal.
As I got older, I lost interest in the original Star Trek series for awhile, dazzled by Star Wars and it's ilk, it seemed cheesy and dated in comparison, but I did enjoy (most of) the movies featuring the original cast. Later, I would rediscover TOS (the original series for those of you who are uninitiated into the geekdom of Trek), at first enjoying it for it's kitchy, somewhat campy at times "cheese factor", then later appreciating it for it's philosophy, originality, and the trails it blazed both in the worlds of fiction and the real world. Leonard Nimoy and his amazing portrayal of the iconic Mr.Spock was an integral part of the Star Trek success story, right from the very beginning in the pilot episode "The Cage" up to the latest films directed by J.J. Abrams.
It is impossible to imagine Star Trek becoming the worldwide phenomenal success it has been without Spock and Nimoy.
As a biracial child (Caucasian and Hispanic) I could relate to the biracial Spock and his struggle to find a balance between his Vulcan and Human natures and the pressure to choose one heritage over the other.
As a passionate person who in the past has struggled to contain my anger and lust, I could appreciate the philosophy of pure logic that Spock lived by as a way to avoid doing things I would regret later and making a complete fool of myself.
As a fan, I could appreciate that Leonard Nimoy in his personal life always seemed to be so kind and insightful. We shared many similar interests : writing, acting, photography, etc. I'd like to think that if I'd have had the chance to meet him, and could actually get over my "OMIGOD! You're Leonard Nimoy!" moment long enough spend some quality time with him, that we would've gotten along great and I would've learned many things from him.
As it was, I learned a great deal from him just by watching his work.
The world was a better place for having him in it, and is a slightly darker place without him. Now he is off to explore that final frontier that waits us all, in some undiscovered country, blazing a brilliant trail for us in death as he did in life....
1. Spock- now with Tricorder action!, 2. The Coolness of Logic Masks the Fires of Passion, 3. I am/not Spock, 4. Science Officer, 5. I Want to Know What You're Thinking, 6. King of the Plastic Vulcans!, 7. We are all made of stars, 8. Science, 9. "Go boldly over yonder!", 10. A Question of Honor, Chapter 1, part 13, 11. Time Wars Book 2: Stranger Than Fiction, Chapter 1: A Wrinkle In Spacetime Part 34, 12. Time Wars Book 2 : Stranger Than Fiction, Chapter 2 : A State of Flux Part 31, 13. Live Long and Prosper1
Created with fd's Flickr Toys