This Island Earth

By Kaitlyn Kuker

Try to imagine going somewhere you can’t actually go. I dream about realities without sadness, without suffering. I dream about how scenarios would play out, how conversations could go. Moreover, I wonder how life would be if I never existed, or where I might go when I die. Analogies are the closest I can get to knowing these alternate realities

I recently read an article about the movie This Island Earth which said, “We can compare the earth with an island — a spot floating in the void of the universe in the vast expanse of the sea and suitable for nurturing human beings. On this island, humans are born. Some live as long as one hundred years — long after coming out of the hidden, mysterious world (the world before birth). Others die as infants or young adults.” If the ocean in this analogy is a void that exists outside of time and space, and we are only on our island — which exists inside time and space — for a short time, then what happens when we leave the island? Where do we go? Can we swim? Are we looking forward to it or running from it? This series is my attempt to explore a yearning to no longer be held as a captive on this island.