Great Expectations

The Curse or Blessing?

Fate. Predetermined destinations. Morals. God. Whatever you call it, there are times in life in which we feel guided through our choices. Something inside which turns our head toward one path instead of the other and help us along the way. “Great Expectations” is a story about this. It follows the travels and adventures life brings through the eyes of a young Pip who is ready to face the world. Pip morphs and molds himself, trying to become what he thinks he wants until he is left to deal with what has become his (and all of ours) ultimate truth. It is not the phenomenon of the future that guides us to our outcome, but our own haunting pasts restricting the way through fear. Fear of failing, achieving, being wrong or ending up unhappy. It is everywhere. It is inside of me, inside of you, of Pip, the girl playing down the street, the boy sitting doing his homework. It is our very own skeleton hidden away in the closet of our minds. That little ...