Pros: Great quote, set looks good
Cons: Not a fan of the movie the quote comes from
The Bottom Line:
Great quote from poor film
With good reminder on life
Anchors a fun set
Wisdom from a Tree
When I saw that one of the quotes in the Disney Wisdom
series was coming from Pocahontas, I
was less than happy. I have major issues
with that film, including its historical inaccuracies and its including fantasy
elements in a historical story. Yet,
when I actually thought about the quote they included, I loved it, so I was
happy to add this pin set to my collection.
Ironically, the quote, which I love, comes from one of the
fantasy characters, that of Grandmother Willow.
But the quote! “Sometimes the
right path is not the easiest one.”
That’s actually a very true statement.
In fact, I would argue that the right path is rarely the easiest
one. Yet people are too willing to go
along with others and take the easiest path instead of standing up for what is
right. It gets more complicated when you
factor in people who think they are on the right path when they really
aren’t. It’s why Jesus said in Matthew 7
“Wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many
enter through it. But small is the gate
and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” (Yes, I did just quote the Bible in the same
paragraph with a mystical talking tree.
No, that doesn’t mean we should blindly accept anything that is said,
but we should filter everything through the lens of scripture.)
Anyway, on to the pin set.
As usual, there are three pins.
The first is the quote in stylized calligraphy and a rectangle
frame. The two characters pins are of
Meeko the raccoon and Flit the hummingbird.
Once again, we don’t have a pin of the person who gave us the quote, but
we are three for five for not getting a pin of the person being quoted, so
that’s not really a surprise.
The color of the month is blue again, but more of a blue
green than the baby blue from the Dumbo set.
It’s a very pretty color. The
quote is mainly pink, white, and orange on the blue background, while the
characters are a couple of shades of blue.
I feel like the quote is the boldest color choices yet (which is ironic
since the theme for next month’s quote is bold), but it works well. As to the characters, neither of them is
usually blue, but their look here is in keeping with the series and mostly
works. Flit could be a little easier to
recognize; you certainly wouldn’t know who he was out of context, and he’s
mostly one shade of blue, but that’s a minor complaint. Since I’m not a fan of the movie, I know I
don’t have these characters in my pin collection since I would have skipped
over them at the parks. It’s not a hole
I was looking to fill, but I am fine with adding these two characters since
their antics are definitely a highlight of the film.
No, this pin set hasn’t changed my mind on the movie. But I am glad to add this part of the Disney
Wisdom Collection to my pin collection.
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