Do you remember your first birthday party away from home? I was about 2 or 3. We had it at a park, and my mom dropped me off with the other kids to be watched by the birthday child's mom. All was going well till the games started. You see the prize was a childhood fantasy for me - a kaleidoscope. But I would soon learn I was terrible at games.
The first game ended and I lost. The winning child got his prize, the cherished kaleidoscope. Not to be discouraged just yet, I figured I would try harder the next time. And I did try harder the next time, but I still lost. And again. And again. I lost till all the games were over. My little 2 year old heart was devastated. I walked away from the others and cried to myself at an edge of the park.
Just then, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to see the child's mom handing me a shiny precious gift - a kaleidoscope of my very own. I don't remember the words she said because I was so filled with emotion.
What is it about kaleidoscopes that makes them so special? It's the beautiful elements they're made of. And you take those elements and spin them till you get an even more beautiful pattern, which held to the light is wondrous to behold.
BSG was special because of the elements that made it what it was. And they spun them into a memory we still cherish today. Take away those elements, and you have only a dull tube; no matter how you manipulate it, it will never shine.
I want to hold a new BSG up to the light again. May the elements that made it captivating be the same shiny crystals I remember, and may it stir in me the memories I cherish so dearly.
The Kaleidoscope and BSG
Here's hoping we all win the prize of a BSG continuation soon...
