According to beliefs respected by much of the world’s population for the last several thousand years, there is a divine command to honor intergenerational commitments, aka “thy father and thy mother” in King James diction.  The linked multi-media honoring of one author and illustrator of a previous generation, by an author and illustrator of our own generation, serves as a reminder of that command and its application beyond direct family. We close out this calendar year–just another random date, really, but we will mark it with extra respect–taking the opportunity to honor all those before us who have shined a light on our path forward.

(spoiler alert: the linked video has reference to aging, death, atheism and other challenging notions, but in the hands of Christoph Niemann all’s well that ends well)