So, I've been watching the TV show "Heroes", and one character has especially stood out to me. Sylar, played by Zachary Quinto, is a super-human with the ability to analyze the workings of other super-humans and absorb their abilities. Throughout the show (at least, the first 3 seasons) he is hunting for a few things.
First: He is hunting for new powers to add to his colelction, leaving a trail of blood behind him.
Second: He is looking for answers to his past, who his father was and why his father left him when he was young.
Third: He is looking to somehow reconcile himself with his parents, both biological and adopted, and to come to grips with who or what he is.
And Fourth: He is looking to make up for all the pain he felt when he was younger by causing pain for others.
He also has a few personal vendettas he picks up along the way, but those four things are the main parts of Sylar's story.
Watching his struggle with himself and with others, it made me think through some things in my own life and my own personal mission.
One thing is why I always watch so much TV, why I collect stories, and why I read so much and from such a variety of genres and sources. I am searching for something, I am lookng for answers in the stories. I am looking for pieces of my life in the recorded and created.
I dont know what I'm looking for, I dont know why I'm looking for it. But I know I am searching, picking up stories where I find them and analyzing them in search for something. I dont know if I will ever find my answers, but recognizing there is a journey is the first step towards completeing it.
More to come as I figure it out.
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