This animated short made me laugh and cry — I hope you’ll watch it! I am distracted like this a thousand times a day. Hahahaha! It is also my children as I’ve been discussing (giggling, shhh!) about my Yittle’s drawings on her morning math worksheets and as my son polishes up his first fantasy novel while studying for finals. Silly, wonderful, children! It’s such a blessing to see beauty in the midst of mundane and to hear it even over the din. Thank you, Jonathan Thompson for sending me this — you made my day joyful! Spreading it around. 😉
“Alike” is an animated short film directed by Daniel Martínez Lara & Rafa Cano Méndez
www.alike.es
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I once saw a man turn gray and my life turned gray as well. Since then, I’ve promised myself to keep my little ones’ colors bright and By doing so, my colors come back to me, just like in that short film. Thank you for sharing this beautiful story!
Blessings, Gilmar. 😘❤️☺️
Wow. So moving and emotional.
Exactly what I thought, Clinton. Glad you liked it. 🙂
This was beautifully done. It made me wistful, because life can be both beautiful and terribly, terribly hard. Keeping the former in mind while goin through the latter is the lesson I got from this incredible work of art.
Of course, you’re right on both counts, Carolyn. I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for sharing that, Kalebra! That was incredibly hopeful and sad at the same time. Interesting how people gleam different messages from it. (On another note, so glad to see you posting regularly again, I was missing your photos and stories :-)).
Hahaha! Nikki, I find it interesting how everything gets interpreted differently. And, I’m so happy to be able to post again — thank you for coming back — it’s good to hear from you. 🙂
What a lovely short film. Short but so lasting. It is something like this to remind myself to look for the colours everyday and not focus on the grey. Some days the greys can be overwhelming and it is hard to see the colours unless you take the time to do so. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Averil. Have a wonderful, colorful, day! 😉
Wow. That is powerful. Especially the end when everyone else is still gray. I saw that happen with myself. Public school did a marvelous job of sucking all the creativity and fun out of me. I didn’t want to see that happen to my daughter so she’s always been homeschooled. I haven’t been able to totally keep the color in her, so to speak, but a lot better than if she hadn’t been. (Not that I’m totally knocking public school. It’s just not for everyone.) Thank you so much for sharing.
You’re so welcome, Erica — happy you enjoyed it — I loved it too. Every family has their own unique dynamic and it’s wonderful when you get to work within that. Love and hugs to you and Happy Mother’s Day!
Wow! The arts are so important to all of us! I hope that no politician, now, or in the future, reduces the dollars spent on art education. It is so important to practice an art to give life some balance. As it can be a catalyst to great ideas and solutions.
Everyone should make time for pencils, pens, brushes, keys, strings, pixels, or whatever suits your fancy!
Thanks for sharing Kalebra! 😘
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Deb — I always consider it a gift when I am reminded of the child artist inside. Have a lovely day. 🙂