A Lesson in Buoyancy

Do you know what the ultimate gauge is to determine whether your weekend truly ruled? Your weekend truly ruled if your head is firmly convinced that it has metamorphosed into a helium balloon come Monday morning. No amount of pleading, coaxing or severe whacking is convincing this head that it isn’t made of rubber latex and filled with compressed air. (Hmm. That might be a point of contention.) So what’s a person to do? Why, sit back and enjoy the view from the clouds, of course.

Just like these gang of balloons did. (Now that is a magnificent use of The Segue.) I’ve noticed that there’s been a proliferation of balloon-themed visual gems floating around recently. From the Miss Dior Cherie commercial that Sofia Coppola helmed,



...to the incredibly charming engagement photos taken by this pretty awesome photographer named Max Wanger:


...and ultimately to this pretty amazing music video from Grizzly Bear:



Further clickage into the depths of the internet world brought me to the source of its greatness. If you’ve got 30 minutes to spare, watch The Red Balloon, a silent movie that made waves back in the 1950s. If this won't bring back childhood memories of grinning from ear-to-ear at the mere sight of a round red balloon, you're better off inhaling a whole tank of helium.