I made these custom LEGO Muppet minifigures last year -- my casting is:
Kermit as Captain Picard
Fozzie Bear as Riker
Rowlf as Geordi
Miss Piggy as Troi
Gonzo as Data
Janice as Dr Crusher
Animal as Worf
I based it on the drawing below, that I drew in 1994...if I weren't basing on that, I might have switched Janice and Piggy's roles. 😬😬😬
(If LEGO released a Scooter minifigure, that would be my Wesley)
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"Everything happens for a reason" has two interpretations:
1. everything has a higher purpose, or at least was caused to happen with someone's intent
2. everything is a part of a complicated chain web of cause and effect
When people are frustrated or disappointed with the world, they look to "everything happens for a reason" for solace - but too often they think more about the former definition, how so many things happen because of someone's intent - and that that intent is something like "pissing me off"
"Articles of Interest" is a podcast about fashion from a design sense, and they recently had an episode on the vestments of Clergy. (Of course, Catholic in particular but also some Anglican etc)
Two quotes from it:
"Style is not simply an ornament of speech. It is the ultimate expression of meaning. And style in life is crucial, right? What is John O'Malley? John O'Malley's a priest, John O'Malley a jesuit, he's an American, all that's important, right? HOW is John O'Malley? He's kind, he's sweet, he's a swell guy... heheh - that's what we're interested in right?"
(Interesting point, in this sense 'style' represents two things I believe to be in true: that it's more important what you DO than what you 'are', and then it's more important to get the holistic forest right than the reductionist trees)
and then her friend Nick speaks on Catholic Philosopher Hans Urs von Balthasar:
and basically the concept is this: everything that is, has these three properties. It has truth, goodness, and beauty. If you're a thing in this world, you have those. And so Balthasar who was a religious philosopher, so it's all about God, he said 'Ok, so God also has truth, goodness, and beauty. And those three things are the only ways we can really explain God to people.' I mean just pointing to something and saying 'look, dude, look at the beauty of that" - and perhaps THAT could be a way in.
