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todayweretakingatripdowntherabbithletoexploreoneofthemosticonicscenesinalysisadventuresinwonderland

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buttheressomuchmoretoitthanmeetstheeye

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toreallyunderstandwhatmakesthesceneteck

whatsthedeepermeaning

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andnothingreallyseemstomakesense

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whenthereisntanywine

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itslikehowdoyouevenrespondtothat

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andthisbringsustoanothericonicelementofthemadteaparty

thehatersriddle

whyisaravenlikeawritingdesk

itsaquestion

thatisbaffledpeopleforwelloveracentury

nowsomepeoplethinkkirlmettoprovideananswer

youknow

buthasnevergotaroundtoit

ormaybehedecideditwasbettertoleaveitopenendedbecausereallydoesitevenneedananswer

ithinkthats

whatmakesitsofascinating

itmakesyouthinkandwonderandcomeupwithyourownideas

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itsaboutthatprocessoftryingtofigureitout

andithinkthatsomethingwecanallrelatetoyouknow

sometimesthequestionsthatdonthaveeasyanswersarethemostinterestingonesabsolutelyyeah

wonderderlandallabouteeracingtheunknownlettingunderanditsallhaveeasthingtomakesense

yeah

justlikealicehadtodoahsheentesomethiscrazyworld

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wegottotalkaboutthehatsobsessionwithtime

oh yeah

thehatterintime

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theyrelikecharactersinhisownpersonaldrama

righthesalwaysgoingonaboutiswatchbeingbrokenbecauseofbutterbread

andthenhesaysheactuallyquarledwithtime

itselfcorledwithtime

itslikesomethingoutofagreekmmythorsomethingbut

butwhatifcairlistryingtosaysomethingdeeperhereokay

listeningwhatifitsabouthowwelikelettimecontrolus

youknow

alwaysrushing

alwayscheckingtheclockokay

sothehatterislikerebellingagainstthat

yeah

hestuckatsixclockttimeforever

itslikehessayingnoiwontlettimedictatemylife

thatskindofapowerfulstatement

actually

anditisintothisideaofperpetualchildhoodthatweseethroughoutthebook

rememberkidsdontcareaboutdeadlinesorbeingontimetheyjustwanttoplay

nowthatmakesense

andthehatterisdefinitelyallaboutplay

exactly

andremember

hesaysthereasonisallalwaysteatimeisbecausetheyneverhavetimetowatchthedishesbetweenmealswhichishilariousbecause

ofcoursetheydontifitsalwaysteatime

thennothingeverchangesitslikethisweirdtimeloop

whereconsequencesdontexistandspeakingofweird

weregottotalkaboutthedormouse

oh yeah

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andwhenhedoestalkitswelljustasnonsensicleasthehatter

ifnotmore

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maybethatswhatherepresentsdreamsthesubconscious

thatsareallyinterestingside

youknowhowwetalkaboutthehatorbeingarebellionagainsttimewell

maybethedoormouseistheopposite

hesallaboutthisdreamlogic

wherethingsdonthavetomakesenseindreamsaredefinitelyfullofthesenonsensicalmoments

thatjustyouknow

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butwetalkedabouthowtricklerepresentsstickinessandconfusion

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giveitsomesortofmeaning

butitslikeimpossible

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exactly

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sheseverbeentocanyoublamehernotreally

andyouknowthisisactuallyabigmomentforhice

sherealizesshecanimposeherlogiconthisworld

itjustdoesntworkthatwayshehastoletgoofherexpectation

rightandthatsapowerfulmessageforallofus

sometimesyoujustgotarolewiththeabsurityeeracethechaos

exactlyyouneverknowwhatyoumightdiscoverontheotherside

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andwritethepoaguard

whichweknowisnotexactlyawalkintheparkrate

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no

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andthatqueenwholovestoshoutoffwiththeirheads

yeah

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isthereanywhereinwonderland

thatalicecanactuallyfeelsafehthatsagoodquestion

maybecacarelesssayingthatitsnotaboutfindingasafeplace

maybeitsaboutlearninghowtodealwithwithworld

thatsalwaysththrowingkcurbballs

soitsaboutalalicefinthatstrengthwithinresourselfthatresilience

yeah

exactlyyouknowit

itmakesmethinkaboutourownlives

weallfacethosecrazysituations

sometimesrightthosemoments

wherenothingmakesense

andmaybewonderlandislikeametaphor

forthatright

itsaboutlearningtoadapttorollwiththepunches

andmaybeevenfindalittlehumorinalltheKIH

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sometimesshesgotlaughforexactlyrememberhowwetalkedaboutalicegoingthroughthatdoorinthetree

anditleadsherbacktothegarden

butitsnotthesamegardensheleft

yeslikeshesgoingincircles

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itsalittlebitdifferent

itslikethatspiralstaircaseshekeepsgoingupandup

butshesrevisitingthosesamethemesjustfromanewnewspespetivewhichis

iswhyalicesadventuresinwonderlandissobrilliantits

itsnotjustachildrensbook

itsastoryaboutgrowingup

aboutfiguringoutwhoyouare

anditspeakstoeveryone

nomatterhowoldyouare

becauseweallfeellost

sometimesweallfeellikewereinwonderland

wellwevereachtheendofourdeepdiveintothemadteaparty

butifeellikeweveonlyjustscratchedthesurfacetheresalwaysmoretodiscoverwiththisbook

thatsthebeautyofit

youcanreaditagain

againagainfindsomethingnew

everytimedefinitely

butbeforewego

wewontleaveyouwithonelastthought

ifyoucouldgotothemadteaparty

whowouldyousitwiththehatter

themarchairorthedormos

whatdoeseachcharacterrepresenttoyouthinkaboutthat

andwhywouldyouchoosetositwiththem

spendsometimewithchaptersevenagainseewhatelseyoucanuncoverbecausethebestjourneys

theoneswetakeforourselvesandremembersometimesthebestquestionsaretheonesthatdonthaveanyeasyanswersitsthewonderingthequestioning

theembracingoftheunknownthatmakeslifesointeresting