to the year Twenty Thirteen: Year of the Snake
cute calendar by one of my favourite designers, Misako Mimoko
Ah, it has been a rather busy year already, many a change is a foot.
At home, in the studio, in the garden. No time to dilly-dally. Onward
and upward and forward and in fact that's my new year's resolution.
To keep moving forward.
To stop looking backward.
Like everyone, there are aspects of my life that I wish I could change,
decisions I wish I could reverse, opportunities I wish I hadn't forgone...
I spend a lot of time in this country of the past. It's a land of memories,
but not all those memories are correct. Over time our re-collection can
become distorted by our emotions and by our present-day experiences.
Looking back can be more of a visit to the imagination, than a trip back
in time and it can hinder our journey forward if we choose to spend too
much time looking back. Wise words? They are words of Walt Disney.
"Around here, however, we
don't look back for very long.
We keep moving forward, opening new doors,
and doing new things, because we're curious
and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."
We keep moving forward, opening new doors,
and doing new things, because we're curious
and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."
One of our favourite movies of recent times is 'Meet the Robinsons'.
Based on the book 'A Day with Wilbur Robinson' by William Joyce.
It tells us the sweet story of Lewis, an orphan, who dreams of seeing his
mother again... if only once. Subsequently, he is taken on a wild ride to
the future, where he encounters a world beyond his wildest imaginings
and in the end he realises- all he has to do to bring that world to life is
'keep moving forward'
... classic Disney stuff, but the message never grows old for me
or for Ari, and whenever we watch it it brings tears to our eyes.
xox
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