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I Want to Teach the World to Sing*
I want to teach the world to sing.
Odd topic for a staging and design blog…but not really.
Depending on how old you are, you’re either thinking hard, doing an online search, or smiling right now.
A real song first, it was found and reworked by ad writer Bill Backer for this commercial, then re-recorded as a hit single. The ad first aired in 1970, with a clever reunion version 20 years later. And 56 years later, it’s still relevant. Let’s enjoy the original.
Home is vital. It’s our center, a safe sanctuary; it’s been a thing forever. Whether it was our ancestors hiding from predators, or Friday night family game night, a physical space, a memory, or an ideal, “home” is a starting point. An anchor that’s as important and universal as it is wildly personal.
And after safe, comes happy. And all the other joys we yearn for. Yes, really. An entire career in this field, I know this for sure: When your space is right, whatever that means to you, so many other things fall into place. Your energy is freed up, you can go out and change the freakin’ WORLD!
*So while I can deliver a decent Happy Birthday, and will sing loudly and joyously in the car, TRH and Orange Boom’s best ‘singing’ is working with you. Together, we untangle and right that messy relationship most of us have between our space, our stuff, and our life.
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