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grinninfooleOne of the themes of Star Trek: Nemesis was that Picard and Shinzon were psychic mirrors for one another. I have, for years, realized that this is true of people who aren't in SF movies. All of us mirror and are mirrored by the people around us, especially our friends, by the choices they make or that they have to make that differ from ours as much as by the ones that don't. The essence of friendship, I think, is that we get to experience parts of ourselves that would otherwise be hidden away without it. The pain of losing a friend is largely the pain of losing this part of one's self.
Seeing Nemesis has prompted me to wonder just what sort of mirror exactly my friends and family are to me, and I to them. What do people see in me that builds them up? What do I see that builds me up? I don't want to dwell on this too much, as it quickly made me VERY insecure, but it's an interesting and potentially engrossing subject that I hope I shall be able to keep in mind and return to in the months and years ahead.
Seeing Nemesis has prompted me to wonder just what sort of mirror exactly my friends and family are to me, and I to them. What do people see in me that builds them up? What do I see that builds me up? I don't want to dwell on this too much, as it quickly made me VERY insecure, but it's an interesting and potentially engrossing subject that I hope I shall be able to keep in mind and return to in the months and years ahead.
