Superman Vs Gravity
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In the original production of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” we hear melodic bells slowly ringing in the score as children stare in wonder at the factory floor.
Each ring of the bell is like a little epiphany going off—they are welcoming what we might call “the impossible.”
They are no longer children, really, but on their way to Adult World, where wonder gives way to cold acceptance of harsh realities.
Wonka the mad genius is there to say, “Wait, you can grow, and you should—but don’t leave the impossible behind. Let’s fly!”
Actually, what he says is: “Hold your breath. Make a wish. Count to three.” Then sings: “Come with me, and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination.”
This entire scene encapsulates where we are energetically at the start of 2022.
Difference being we’re not on a miraculous factory floor with little glimpses of Adult World. It’s more the reverse: we’re in a cold mountain pass, back against the wall, hoping to glimpse something miraculous as we face hard decisions.
When the world feels very close yet cold, and you can only hear the cadence of your own breaths, what keeps you going?
A dream—even a daydream—of escape, of flying up and out of this claustrophobic situation. A world of pure imagination.
It soothes the hemmed-in feeling bearing down on you. The steep mountain walls are near your cheeks. You look up and see twisting peaks stretching to the clouds.
Does anything fly here? Could anything? Seems like everything just falls, or is at risk of falling.
True, there is a bit of adventuresome romance here. A sense of time hanging still, which is simultaneous with a feeling of high stakes.
Gotta beat the clock, get up to the top—but each second is ticking slowly, reverberating through deep canyons.
Did I say adventure? A bit like madness, too.
Because this is the madness of wanting to do the impossible, to fly up and out, when everything is so gravity bound.
It’s like wanting to go back in time to when you were a child, when such adult things were a distant, hazy notion.
(Almost) Cleared for Takeoff
In past newsletters I’ve defined “doing the impossible” as “becoming superman,” i.e. doing the superhuman task of giving new meaning to memories, so that your present can make more sense, and so that a future path can truly be imagined.
It’s tough: as we grow older, memories calcify, and they ironically become brittle under our tight grip.
We can release them into rebirth with a tender kiss, and awaken them like Sleeping Beauty.
This makes us no oversensitive sentimentalist: without an appreciation of the beast driving us now, how else will we find the courage to approach our past with such noble tenderness?
By accepting our deep pressing desires in the present, we can channel their raging torrent into something redemptive. That’s why it’s important not to repress what you want now.
Avoid shame, which leads to guilt.
Yes, walls are going to be thrown up between you and your object of desire now. That’s not a signpost to feel shame and guilt.
That’s a signpost to validate what’s in your heart, so you can get down to the business of reflecting on past experiences…the million steps that led you to this very crossroads.
Even if you are an older reader, what you’re doing in this process is celebrating the “childhood” (the million previous steps) of what brought you to this “adult” crossroads.
This is why being in love with some person, passion project or goal is not for the weak.
It faces you with the “impossible”: you have to carry the childhood joy of timeless innocence into the cold mountainous Adult World, where time (and thus constraints) exist.
It’s a high stakes moment where you come to realize that you can’t stay in a world of pure imagination, because gravity will disabuse you of that fantasy—and yet, you shouldn’t stop believing in it, either.
We can be so tender to our current obstacles when we realize that some “childhood” innocence brought us to this point.
The present pain of growth is there to remind us of the value of wonder—not to steal it from us.
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