The children’s choir is learning a song about the moon kite from Malaysia. I had prepared an outline of the moon kite and encouraged the children to colour it, and perhaps search for examples on Google for colourful ideas. Last week one of my 7 year old singers brought me this lovely origami boat. He said that he was searching for moon kites and found a video on how to make origami boats.
At first I puzzled as to how a search for a moon kite would end up with this young singer folding an origami boat for me, but then I thought about my searches. How often do I open up my computer to find information on a topic, and end up discovering something totally different?
Knowing this child, I am sure he studied each new discovery carefully before venturing on to the next. Perhaps this week he will go back to the original search and find an example of a moon kite. Or maybe he will go down another totally different path.
Are my searches, and journeys in life, more like meandering through a labyrinth, or like going down the rabbit hole?
Reflections 