“In my experience, communication is a matter of patience, imagination. I would like to believe that these are qualities that we have in sufficient measure.”

 Captain Picard, from the Star Trek TNG Episode “Darmok”

Temporal vortexes, the Orb of Time, and Q–just a few ways Star Trek has achieved time travel over the years. But you don’t have to be Ben Sisko or Katherine Janeway to take a journey through time. Just pick up a good book. Or better yet, a pen. Through reading and writing, we constantly visit with men and women long dead and transport ourselves to distant worlds and times.

And what’s amazing is that it’s a power anyone can exercise!

Writing is incredible, a memorialization of thoughts and feelings at a particular point in time that exists in perpetuity. So follow Jean Luc’s advice: pick up a pen, dust off your imagination, and communicate. We’re all capable of dispersing our ideas throughout the ages. 

Note to readers: Each week, I share a fantasy quote and indulge my inner philosopher with a brief essay based on said quote. Share your favorite quote with me and I might feature it in a future newsletter! Email: dtkane@dtkane.com.