One side has photos of my grandmother and a label for the book portable curmudgeon. The reason is she was a curmudgeon. She was fantastic and inspiring had a will of iron. She was the type of woman who grew her own roses and asked for a shotgun for her 80th birthday. To me, she was a shining example of not letting others chose who you should be.
The flip side is a photo of Jean Harlow. In a whole different way I find her ability to be comfortable in her skin and embrace her bombshell self and get things done very inspiring.
The rest of my lunchbox is pretty much covered in photos of animals because they have a kindness and honesty it is rare to see in people.
Anyhow that is my wide and weird world of heroes. Oh just for a weird note I filled the inside of the box with bits of paper I found inspiring. Things like a lost mothers day card a small boy had written for his mother that I found in a book I bought. Another is cards from people who had sent little bits of money to help with a loved one's funeral. In my book, just less well known - but still inspiring - heroes.
I really love your lunchbox. The idea is so great, particularly the "love notes," inside--because they have inspiration, good juju. Plus, it's just pretty!!
ReplyDeleteCappy - your idea of putting stuff inside reminds me of the Southern (I think specific to new Orleans, actually) tradition of Ya Ya Boxes: the outside of a person's ya ya box represents what they show ot the world, the inside is a painting of what they're like inside, not necessarily visible to the world. The outside is their body, in a way...the inside is their soul.
ReplyDeleteGreat lunchbox! I love that you went "three dimensional" and added objects to the box itself. Great job!
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