To go with the title of this post, here's Gibbie getting as close to watching Star Wars has he's ever been. Gibbie and Ezra are quite enthralled with Star Wars, but have only second-hand information and this vintage soundtrack LP to go by. Gibbie loves to sit like this with the jacket propped open looking at pictures of the movie and imagining Star Wars as he listens to the score. We'll often hear him walking around the house humming "dun dun da-dun, dun da-dun, dun da-dun" and talking about Dart Vader (misspelling intentional).
I think this speaks to the power of media in our lives, the power of a story, and the power of imagination. I wonder what it will be like when they're older and watch the real Star Wars movies. Will it be an opening of a whole imaginative world to them, or a pale shadow of the book version in their heads?
3 comments:
Having experienced sitting with Gibbie and Ezra, listening to the music of Star Wars and hearing them tell me of the characters and plot, I am simply amazed. They are such intelligent young ones with creative minds and I sincerely appreciate how the two of you are raising such incredible, loving children. They are the light of my life! Grammers
Of course the real question, Paul, is what order Gibbie will watch Star Wars in? The original order that we saw the series in (4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3) or the chronological order (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)? ;-)
Good point Kevin. This is one of the best pictures I have seen for a very long time. I want to blow it up and put it on a t-shirt.
-Stefferzz
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