{"id":12408,"date":"2017-12-15T13:20:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T02:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/?p=12408"},"modified":"2017-12-15T13:20:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T02:20:29","slug":"on-dreaming-big-and-dreaming-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/on-dreaming-big-and-dreaming-small\/","title":{"rendered":"On Dreaming Big AND Dreaming Small"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12409\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Star-Wars-tickets-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Star-Wars-tickets-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Star-Wars-tickets-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Star-Wars-tickets-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Star-Wars-tickets.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Yay, we\u2019re seeing <em>Star Wars<\/em> tonight!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re fans of the franchise, so my family and I often dress up for new releases.<\/p>\n<p>In the past I\u2019ve turned a long white summer dress inside-out to resemble Princess Leia and swirled my hair into buns. For <em>The Force Awakens<\/em>, my daughter dressed up as her favourite charcter, Han Solo (not the best choice as we were then to discover!).<\/p>\n<p>This year, I wanted to wear a BB8 dress \u2013 BB8 being this cute robot:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xeGUAOkyEUs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-AU&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are some lovely BB8 dresses to buy online, though I debated the luxury of buying a dress for one night, they were pricey too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12410\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BB8-Skater-Dress-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BB8-Skater-Dress-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BB8-Skater-Dress-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BB8-Skater-Dress-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BB8-Skater-Dress.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the end, I couldn\u2019t justify the expense. Instead, I thought up alternatives, found some fabric locally, bought a metre of it and set about trying to make a skirt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12411\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-BB8-fabric-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-BB8-fabric-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-BB8-fabric-768x667.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-BB8-fabric-150x130.jpg 150w, https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-BB8-fabric.jpg 947w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve spent the last few nights stitching it together \u2013 I don\u2019t have a sewing machine so it\u2019s all been by hand. It\u2019s not the best, it\u2019s not what I initially envisioned, but it makes me feel star warsy, so it\u2019ll do! I had some material left over and tried to make a top with it, but failed miserably, so settled for adding a BB8 cut-out onto a t-shirt and making a neck-tie:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12412 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-BB8-dress-458x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-BB8-dress-458x1024.jpg 458w, https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-BB8-dress-134x300.jpg 134w, https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-BB8-dress-768x1718.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-BB8-dress-67x150.jpg 67w, https:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Zena-Shapter-BB8-dress.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This week, I also watched a video clip about the difficulties George Lucas faced while making the first <em>Star Wars<\/em> \u2013 not enough budget, things went wrong during filming (broken props, a storm, a car accident) and he had to find imperfect workarounds. When <em>A New Hope<\/em> first came out in cinemas it was only to 35 theatres. He had such big dreams, but had to start off small.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Asvbvb4WpSE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-AU&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This felt familiar to me, and not just because of my BB8 skirt!<\/p>\n<p>Writers often have to dream big in order to keep motivated, especially since the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/entertainment\/books\/australian-authors-earn-only-12900-from-their-writing-a-new-report-says-20151006-gk2ft4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">average wage of Australian authors<\/a> is $12,900. I\u2019ve often kept myself motivated by dreaming about the day I\u2019d have my own book launch, seeing my book on the shelves, my name in print, readers actually reading my words, etc (yay, <a href=\"http:\/\/zenashapter.com\/blog\/readers-are-reading-towardswhite-squee\/\">that all happened<\/a> this year!). But there\u2019s also something to be said for simply getting started, with something, somewhere, and moving forwards from there. Big dreams can keep you going, but it\u2019s the small ones that get you started in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>So today, and over the year ahead, I\u2019m going to keep asking myself: is there something I can do right here, right now to get myself started on my next path \u2013 even something small? Is there something <em>you<\/em> could do too, to get you started on yours? It doesn\u2019t have to be as big as your dreams, as long as it\u2019s something.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t have a BB8 dress to wear tonight, but at least I have a skirt! Yay!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yay, we\u2019re seeing Star Wars tonight! We\u2019re fans of the franchise, so my family and I often dress up for new releases. In the past I\u2019ve turned a long white summer dress inside-out to resemble Princess Leia and swirled my hair into buns. 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