M – What are you? A lesson in morphing.

What if you could morph into something else?

If you’re a fan of the new Supergirl TV show (or a DC Comics fan) you know there is a character on it called J’onn J’onzz. He is a martian and one of his abilities is to be able to transform himself (or morph) into someone else.

There was a TV show on in the 1980’s, Manimal where the main character, crime fighter Jonathan Chase, could morph into any animal.

There are a number of online apps and computer apps that allow you to take two pictures and have them morph into one another.

Click here to watch me change into an owl: https://goo.gl/eqA5iP

Then there is a podcast I listen to “The Icebox Radio Theater” where there is a character in one of their broadcasts, Mustard Girl, who has the ability to morph into any object.

So what would you like the ability to morph into? Personally, I would like to have a combination of all three of them, with more of an emphasis on animals and objects. You’ve heard the idiom “be a fly on the wall”, in reference to how you could overhear a conversation. With those abilities, you could actually be a fly on the wall. As a fly, you risk being swatted, so maybe “a book on the shelf” or a “bulb in a fixture”. Do you think my students would notice an extra desk or chair in the room when they think no one’s watching?

Granted, this can get to be a bit creepy and invasive, but it sure would be fun. Imagine being out in the country and just morphing into a horse or in the sea and morphing into a dolphin just to roam free.

Right now I think I’ve written enough for today, so what if I just morph myself into a pillow and take a nap.