Perspective is everything. Ideally, as we move through life and absorb new experiences, we take on new information that makes us turn over the other things that already exist in our mind. "I never thought about it that way," we might say to ourselves (or at least think it). And then, we might reconsider it, adding the new information we've gathered to the well-worn tidbits we've already tucked away in our picnic baskets.
Mix-mix-mix, bake at 350F, et voila, you have a whole new cake with a whole new flavor. Delicious!
So went the experience I just had after watching a truly delightful Japanese movie from 1986 called His Motorbike, Her Island. If you want to watch it, don't worry; it's subtitled in English and available to watch for free (in the US, anyway), as it's currently streaming on Tubi at the time of writing. I won't spoil it for you, but I am going to talk about the bikes in it, because of course I am.
