Stuff I Like #18: Leonard Nimoy

I have a confession to make. I grew up as a Trekkie. Every Sunday morning, the highlight of my weekend was watching Star Trek: the Original Series with my dad. When The Next Generation started airing, we were one of the first families on the couch! I grew up to the wonder of interstellar travel and space as an inspiration. I had a crush on Wesley Crusher.

Trek was a family affair. If we'd had the money, we would have gone to quite a few conventions, I daresay. I did actually get a chance to go to a Con with my family in 2009. It was great! We had the chance to hear both Patrick Stewart and Leonard Nimoy speak. I think I'm probably going to write another post about him in the near future.

Leonard Nimoy impressed the hell out of me. He is such an icon in my life. He is the logical voice in my head. I think I could listen to him read a phone book. In addition to being a brilliant actor(in my definitely amateur opinion), he is also a very creative man. He is a photographer with some really interesting projects going on. One of his projects is of plus-sized women in the nude. One was the depiction of the Shekinah, the feminine aspect of G-d in the Jewish tradition. Yet a third is called Secret Selves and explores the secret lives of ordinary people in Massachusetts.

He has an Etsy shop! How cool is that? I think I can say that there's no other celebrity I would rather have as my grandfather. I would pay good money just to have lunch with this guy and listen to him talk about photography.