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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

45. Circles Set in Motion

It was year 2000 when we began seeing "Sean Circles". It was an event as mysterious as Savannah's "Temptations" brainteaser. He began building them by bringing in random toys and placing them in a circle formation. After it was complete, he'd stand inside it, dead center, without staying a word. Every now and then, he'd move the toys in closer to his feet.

One afternoon I noticed that Sean was as busy as a  bee. He would go to his room, come out with a toy and place it on the carpet in a strategic place.  He was happy and focused, and so were we.

This was all done in the living room. It was a large spacious circle of toys, like those from Happy Meals and Christmas stockings, spread across the carpet.

It wasn't until months later, we realized he was acting as Sid in Toy Story. Toy Story premiered the year Sean was born in 1995. I am not sure when he saw it for the first time but whenever it was, it clearly made an everlasting impression on him.

From this moment on Sean constructed circles from damn near anything.