Luke Slytalker & The Force

A little about me..

I watched a lot of “MacGyver” as a kid (and “Burn Notice” as an adult) and appreciate the resourcefulness the characters from those shows display. They are sort of like modern-day Renaissance Men; jacks of all trades who used whatever they had to solve their immediate problems.

DaVinci was the epitome of a Renaissance Man. Skilled in numerous disciplines, he is a semi-role model in many ways for me. Even as a child, I was always fascinated with the stories of how he hid “secret messages” inside many paintings. Researchers have studied his works of art for years and a number of theories have emerged over the decades and centuries.

These were like “actual” superheros to me; people who possesed talents in numerous areas that were complimentary to each other. A very, very simple example would be someone who can play the piano & sing at the same time. Both talents on their own are impressive, but the “talent” to combine the two others is, to me, the next level. Again, just the mere fact you may be good at singing and good at playing the piano is NO guarantee you’d be able to sit down at the keys & simultaneously belt out your favorite vocal piece while tickling the ivories.

So, I figured the closest way I could become an actual superhero was to do what those guys did–just learn as much as I could. However, that won’t stop me from befriending a potential mad scientist who owns a non-OHSA compliant warehouse (prime for DNA-changing accidents) or wandering around spider-infested nuclear accident sites… If I can get that super-hero-shortcut, sweet.. otherwise, I just keep hitting the brain-gym.