100 Days of Wonder – #68
It’s about time I introduced Figment. Here he is. He’s usually more purple than that but here he is in his Disney World 50th Anniversary celebration statue look. It will come as no surprise that I like Figment. (If you are now humming the tune from the ride, you are my people). Figment seems appropriate today because this week I have given two very different papers/talks that have left my little grey cells in overdrive. The good sort of overdrive. The sort that sparks the imagination, the sort that makes you optimistic about all of the possible futures and begins to get to work on ways of making them happen. The events have reminded me to dare to dream and that work which takes us closer to our dreams is always worth doing. Sometimes the idea of changing the world seems too big, too impossible. But as I have said before and Walt Disney reminded us ‘It is kind of fun to do the impossible’. And as Figment puts it:
We all have sparks, imaginations
That’s how our minds, create creations
For they can make, our wildest dreams come true
Those magic sparks, in me and you
100 Days of Wonder – #67
Ah well this is what happens when you choose pictures in advance and when you are not quite thinking clearly. I chose this because I was going to have run this morning in Paris and because I somehow forgot about our visit to my dad and thought the next trip after Paris would be Disney. The castle to chateau picture was therefore perfect. But I didn’t run this morning because I felt really hungover – I didn’t drink so it wasn’t actually a hangover but it felt like it. I walked just over 2 miles instead and then several more round Paris. I’m currently at Schipol waiting for my connecting flight home and I am too tired to rethink the photo and write something meaningful. So here you have it, a picture of me gearing up for a silly challenge and more medals.
100 Days of Wonder – #66
I attended a brilliant workshop today and my brain is full and I’m going to need some time to process the ideas discussed today. But it’s a happy full and I feel a bit like I did in that picture. It’s a silly selfie I took at Disneyland Paris but I felt like I was where I belonged in that moment. I thought I might feel out of place today. It’s been a minute since I did any real thinking about EU Law but it felt like I was where I belonged. It’s been a good day full of really hard brain work and lots of feminist and activist joy.
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