Maybe I DID Find My Calling
Tonight I watched the first part of Sci-Fi's "Tin Man." Some rough spots (and the main character's acting leaves something to be desired), but it rekindled my desire for adventure. The part of me that wonders where the big adventures are, deathly afraid we've killed their potential in this shoddy world of convenience and political correctness.
(Almost makes me want to become a mythic-level villain just to shock the world.)
Then I was listening to one of my favorite songs - Celtic Woman's "The Voice." I'll paste some of its lyrics:
"Listen, my child," you say to me
"I am the voice of your history
Be not afraid, come follow me
Answer my call, and I'll set you free"
And, while listening, I typed something. Something I looked at when done, and saw another form of truth in.
"Let me put it this way. If I could make a good living out of the paranormal, I'd already be one of the world's experts."
Just a simple response to a question on IRC. Yet I'm sitting here marveling at my own words. The amazing part isn't the claim. The amazing part's the fact that I haven't seriously tried to find a way to make a living out of it!
If I could make a living out of exploring the paranormal...ahh, THAT would be adventure! Who knows what I'd discover: a once-civilization's ancient gods. Access to another dimension of reality. A way to touch the zero-point field. Walking on Antarctica's shores. In this domain, there is limitless potential. Dozens of ways to affect the world. Get us out of this spiraling morass of doldrums and monotony.
I've spent a great deal of thought coming up with scientific explanations for paranormal phenomena. So have many others, from the books I've read. The more I learn, the more I see out there waiting for us.
Chris Williams, the world's master of the paranormal. I could live with that. It would be a fine legacy. Something I would relish waking up to. Endless speculation, discovery, testing, mind-twisting thought.
If I can find a way to get paid for it...one little hurdle to scale for adventure to begin.
What do you think?
(Almost makes me want to become a mythic-level villain just to shock the world.)
Then I was listening to one of my favorite songs - Celtic Woman's "The Voice." I'll paste some of its lyrics:
"Listen, my child," you say to me
"I am the voice of your history
Be not afraid, come follow me
Answer my call, and I'll set you free"
And, while listening, I typed something. Something I looked at when done, and saw another form of truth in.
"Let me put it this way. If I could make a good living out of the paranormal, I'd already be one of the world's experts."
Just a simple response to a question on IRC. Yet I'm sitting here marveling at my own words. The amazing part isn't the claim. The amazing part's the fact that I haven't seriously tried to find a way to make a living out of it!
If I could make a living out of exploring the paranormal...ahh, THAT would be adventure! Who knows what I'd discover: a once-civilization's ancient gods. Access to another dimension of reality. A way to touch the zero-point field. Walking on Antarctica's shores. In this domain, there is limitless potential. Dozens of ways to affect the world. Get us out of this spiraling morass of doldrums and monotony.
I've spent a great deal of thought coming up with scientific explanations for paranormal phenomena. So have many others, from the books I've read. The more I learn, the more I see out there waiting for us.
Chris Williams, the world's master of the paranormal. I could live with that. It would be a fine legacy. Something I would relish waking up to. Endless speculation, discovery, testing, mind-twisting thought.
If I can find a way to get paid for it...one little hurdle to scale for adventure to begin.
What do you think?