The isolation of islands makes them ripe for fairytales... In storytelling and folklore there are tales of floating islands, disappearing islands, full of frightening and magical creatures. Throughout history and in fiction, islands are seen as places of refuge, to hide and escape to or from, places of happiness and unlimited possibility. In December 2009, the Traveling Quilt of Dreams went island hopping to add to the fairytale! To the powder soft white lotus sand drawings, enchanting crystal-clear turquoise lagoons and sheer cliffs majestically crowned with colonial pine trees in the Isle of Pines (New Caladonia)... to the legendary rocks rising like medieval fortresses and absailing down waterfalls in Vila (Vanuatu)... to the island of rainbow coloured butterfly’s and exotic aromas of frangipani and ylang ylang trees in Lifou (New Caladonia)... to the coconuts, summer rain and bongo drums of Mystery Island (Vanuatu)... the islanders kept singing...
“Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about things you'd like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don't have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?
Talk about the moon floatin' in the sky
Lookin' at a lily on the lake;
Talk about a bird learnin' how to fly.
Makin' all the music he can make.
Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about things you'd like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don't have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?
If you don't talk happy,
And you never have dream,
Then you'll never have a dream come true!
It's good idea, you like?”
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