"L'anno scorso, a 90 anni, ho vissuto un'esperienza che mi ha cambiato la vita. Sono andato nello spazio. Pensavo che avrei sperimentato una profonda connessione con l'immensità che ci circonda.
Mi sbagliavo.
Ho capito che vivevamo in una piccola oasi di vita, circondata da un'immensità di morte.Mi ha riempito di tristezza. Ho dovuto andare nello spazio per capire che la Terra è e resterà la nostra unica casa. E che l'abbiamo devastata".
“Last year, I had a life-changing experience at 90 years old. I went to space, after decades of playing an iconic science-fiction character who was exploring the universe. I thought I would experience a deep connection with the immensity around us, a deep call for endless exploration.
"I was absolutely wrong. The strongest feeling, that dominated everything else by far, was the deepest grief that I had ever experienced.
"I understood, in the clearest possible way, that we were living on a tiny oasis of life, surrounded by an immensity of death. I didn’t see infinite possibilities of worlds to explore, adventures to have, or living creatures to connect with. I saw the deepest darkness I could have ever imagined, contrasting so starkly with the welcoming warmth of our nurturing home planet.
"This was an immensely powerful awakening for me. It filled me with sadness. I realized that we had spent decades, if not centuries, being obsessed with looking away, with looking outside. I did my share in popularizing the idea that space was the final frontier. But I had to get to space to understand that Earth is and will stay our only home. And that we have been ravaging it, relentlessly, making it uninhabitable."
-- William Shatner, actor
"...My experience in space filled me with sadness, but also with a strong resolve. I don’t want my grandchildren to simply survive. I want them, as an old friend used to say, to be able to live long and prosper.
I will do everything I can so that we can protect our one and only home."
On my endeavours of learning #Esperanto I stumbled on the works of #BrianSmith. He writes themed short story novels in Esperanto that help you learn and it seems he wrote those in all kinds of genres: Sci-Fi, Detective, Mystery, and more.
I'm getting the Detective one and try this approach.
@phantasus I'm five weeks into learning #Esperanto through #Duolingo. It's a slow, but steady process.
Also bought a book on Esperanto. Might as well check out that link of yours. Thank you!
Btw. Have you heard about #Incubus? It's a 60's B&W horror movie starring #WilliamShatner entirely produced in Esperanto. I'm seeing it when I've learned more.
Thinking about an interview between #WilliamShatner and #PatrickStewart (I think it was in #TheCaptains) where they talk about Klingon ships. Shatner refers to the Bird of Prey and Stewart says "no that's Romulans"
"You Can Call Me Bill," the documentary about William Shatner, will be released in movie theaters across the U.S. on March 22 — Shatner's 93rd birthday. When the film premiered at SXSW last year, Deadline spoke to the actor about the origins of the term "mad hatter," space, the mysteries of life, and a song he's written called "Elephants and Termites." "I’m sure you know that termites build these mounds. They masticate the earth, build a tower, and millions of them live in the tower," he said, explaining the origins of the composition. "Along comes an elephant with an itchy butt, and they scratch their butt on the tower, destroy the tower, tower crumbles. It’s now dirt."
Well I played Tekwar I probably would have enjoyed it more if I knew what to do. Check out my #Twitch stream and please boost this post as I'm a #SmallStreamer
Will be going live on #Twitch at 1:30 AM CST I will be checking out the infamous Tekwar starring William Shatner by Capstone I'm a #SmallStreamer so please boost this post and raids are greatly appreciated.
It's Official: Chekov hates Kirk
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