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I recently found a post by @dreadfulgentleman about how A Day with Wilbur Robinson, the book Meet the Robinsons is based on, was inspired by the play You Can't Take it With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The play was adapted into a movie in 1938 by director Frank Capra. The black and white screenshots shown above are taken from one of the scenes of said movie adaptation.

To summarize, You Can't Take it With You follows the Vanderhof household, a group that consist of both people related by blood as well as others not biologically related to anyone in the family but that are still considered part of it and are loved and accepted as such. They all have quirky interests (there's a toy maker, people making fireworks in the basement, a lady who dances while she bakes pastries she calls 'Love Dreams', etc.) and they all live by the philosophy that you should spend your days doing the things you love most with the people you love most, because what else should you do with your life? You can't take anything in it with you when you are gone, so you might as well make the best of your time while you can.

And so every member of the family encourages each other to pursue their interests freely, no matter how odd they might be or if they end up causing their fair share of accidents and troubles. They stick with one another through thick and thin.

Sounds familiar?

I think its fascinating how one piece of art can inspire someone to create something else, which in turn inspires someone else to create their own art and so on and so forth. Not only in matters of style or aesthetics, but also in the themes and lessons these stories leave us with.

I think it is fascinating how some of these themes found You Can't Take it With You managed to find their way to newer generations through this other work of fiction it partially inspired. Because while I don't think most of my generation has seen You Can't Take it With You, many of us grew up with Meet the Robinsons and became familiar with the Robinson philosophy. That one motto in particular.

And I think that the way in which we can draw this line; in which we can look at the different branches in this family tree of inspiration, showing us how a work of art inspires another one that can carry its themes and lessons for other people to learn from across time, while also creating something new and unique, is something truly beautiful.

Specially for those who seek to create something themselves. Just knowing that the artists one looks up to were also inspired by someone else's art to make their own, can be encouraging, since maybe one day they can create something that will become another branch in that tree. Something that could inspire somebody else in the future, not only to create their own art, but to find the courage to simply live their lives.

To Keep Moving Forward.