Zima Blue: The Search for the Self

Zima Blue is, at its core, the search for the self, leaving the door open for some questions: Is the search for the self cyclical? Is life itself also cyclical?

After his journey through the cosmos, Zima returns to the place where it all began. In an almost prophetic act, Zima Blue transforms into his original form, undergoing a metamorphosis into his simplest self: Was what he searched for always there? If so, then why did he leave?

It is quite paradoxical to ask that, because everything Zima did along his journey brought him closer and closer to that very end; which was, in essence, the same as his beginning. That is why this search for the self can be understood as something cyclical, or at the very least, a return to the essential.

We are beings always lacking something, intrinsically incomplete; one of our greatest needs is time. Every step we take is actually one less. However, what makes existence magnificent is that, even knowing it is destined to end, it still chooses to happen, and it happens with such force that it gives meaning to all its purposes.

Not every ending necessarily implies destruction or leads to nothingness; Zima Blue courageously threw himself into the vastness of creation only to return to simplicity and allow himself to appreciate it. Sometimes, true satisfaction is not found in the complexity of answers, but in the authenticity of a well-asked simple question: Who am I?