I think the globe gives us a great sense of possibility – all those places we can go – and connectedness – keep on spinning it and you’ll get back to where you are

And when we do travel… well I love the way it shifts and plays with our sense of perspective. I remember climbing a hill in southern Mexico and looking out at a vast landscape and an enormous sky. We seemed to be kings of everything we could see. And yet what I could see was just one parish of a district of a state… and even spending 3 months there I didn’t get to travel from one end of that state to another. Inspiring and humbling at the same time. I love it! (Note to self: maybe it’s time for some more travel…)

Joanna

Thanks for stopping by the Zone, Kimberly – come back soon!

We lived in Houston, but Mom’s family was on PEI, Canada. We flew frequently from a young age so I never had that lightbulb moment of realizing that the lines weren’t on the globe. I did have one weird idea.

People would ask Dad why we flew instead of driving to PEI. Dad’s stock response was it wasn’t possible to drive up to the island. What he meant was he wasn’t driving across two countries to wait in line for days for the ferry to the Island – while dealing with two kids in the back seat.

Since you had to fly Up to the Island and fly Down to Houston – I got this idea in my head that Canada was above the US – like stories on a house. Planes were like elevators. I thought the globe was a model tillted sideways.

Years later we were talking about Kid Logic – and I mentioned this. Sis laughed and said she had the same idea as a kid.

I’m now the aunt. I have maps hanging in my laundry room – with markers for relatives that live far away and internet friends, bloggers (If I know their location)

I had a 3rd grader come in my lab all excited the other day. He had to show me google maps and how you could switch between a “drawing” and “real pictures”. He loved street view and explained that way you can look for buildings and stuff on corners so you know when to turn because street signs are small and get stolen.

However, global awareness, is not something that everyone cares of. In fact, I don’t think that people would spend time to read on what is happening to the world, they would be reading which celebrity marries with who or which celebrity got the biggest wedding ring..

Interestingly profound observation, in my opinion. One can really make many different lessons from it, depending on one’s point of view – but I think the observation is pretty profound all by itself.