Planet Laika has inspired lofty trains of thought this past week regarding the transient nature of daily life, the miraculous circumstances that lead to a pair of people meeting each other, and how easily trauma can take away everything from you. while the vehicle it chooses is as fantastical as "dog people in space", between the nonsensical eccentricities of Mars' colony dwellers are heart-stopping moments of clarity through which Laika communicates its core ethos.

while there is no regaining lost time, you are not a slave to the events which brought you here today. while there might exist a darkness in you that cannot be illuminated, living alongside it and accepting it is possible. you are not leaves that fall at autumn's beckon. you must will yourself to fall.

look, it's snowing. merry christmas.