Frozen in Time

It's late spring time here in Canada. All frozen lakes have thawed, rivers and brooks are flowing, birds are able to sip warmer water again.

But as recently as March, frozen feet were tucked inside woolen blankets and heavy-duty comforters, frozen gas in vehicles made morning drive nut-sy, and frozen mind in minus 20 degree celsius weather caused havoc in one's mid-day work.

A lot of things become frozen, not because of natural precipitation but because of choice, because of accident, because of extraordinary occurences.

Computer freezing is caused by something out of whack in the RAM or anything in the CPU, (that's a common error in any operating systems).

Frozen minds (not the commonplace work slack) is caused by amnesia, or any blunt brain damage or sickness such as a stroke.

Frozen hearts can be caused by traumatic divorces or relationships, rejections or abuse.

A phenomenon that's been taking place and gaining popularity among those with money to spare is the freezing of the sperm and egg cells, for future procreation in the lab dish. It's called in vitro fertilization or frozen embryos.

There are hundreds of sperm banks where any healthy male can contribute their sperms, in return for money, and where healthy and un-healthy females and couples can choose a match, to produce their own child.

Females have taken to freezing their egg or ova, for the same reason - at a later conception. The famous example is the recent Octo Mom, Nadya Suleman, who had frozen embryos in a reproductive clinic and at various stages implanted on her, giving her a total of 14 children.

What about people frozen in time? People who, consciously or sub-consciously, dwell or continue to live in a certain era or certain period of their lives forever.

The Peter Pans who refuse to grow up.

And then, there are those who are just attached to certain trends. It could be in fashion- dressing like the 60's, or the '70s, like Annie Hall with her over-layered clothes, or the man who refuses to part with his fedora; Or could be in choice of music - listening to the oldies of the 50's, of Sinatra, then the Beatlemania of the 60's or the disco music of the 80's.

If I role play that of a pyscho analyst, I would say, frozen in time or freezing time is a romantic ploy to bring back the good times in one's life, to evoke that feeling of a lost love or a happy union, or to stay in an era/period where one had been happiest.

The un-freezing or bringing back to present time can happen just at a moment's notice, oftentimes, provoked by a desire to merge with and live a future.

BLOGGER'S NOTE: I was too young to have danced at the famous cabaret in Manila. Never been there.