Leonard Nimoy of Mr. Spock fame recently passed away
and over the intervening days, countless tributes flooded social media channels,
including my own tribute. I grew up a fan of science fiction, and I especially loved
Star Trek. Despite the cheap sets and prehistoric visual effects of the
original series, I have been and always shall be a Trekkie.
In my teenage years, I related most with Mr. Spock, the half-human, half-vulcan first officer of the Enterprise. Many (most?) admired his logic and his loyalty to
his crewmates. I identified with something deeper in Mr. Spock, though, an
element boiling just beneath the surface and beautify brought to life by Leonard Nimoy.
