Unless

UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. 
It's not. - Dr. Seuss

Over reliance on fossil fuels. Mass production. Deforestation. Even if you put those two factors in a children's book, they still don't understand how important they are. That one message is hidden under bi-polar colors. One minute, the mood is happy with vibrant colors when suddenly it becomes mysterious. Why is it that children don't see the message? Do they ignore it?

The message UNLESS  was shown to inspire people to make a change in their environment. Not having to many people wrecking mother nature. Show that you can really make a big change, but only if you care a whole lot. I think that the message doesn't apply to just deforestation, chopping down trees. I feel that UNLESS applies to anything that hurts the environment, or anything that shouldn't be done.

NO, it's not that the children ignore the message, it's that they don't try to find it. They focus on what's inside of the book, not what it's portraying. However, since children can't really decipher what UNLESS means, I feel as if the message is being sent to adults. I say that because I feel that adults can not only understand the message, but can also make a change.

As Above, So Below

In the book," This Isn't What It Looks Like", by Pseudonymous Bosch, Cass keeps on running into the words, " As above, so below," when searching for 'the secret'. Cass has no idea what it means exactly, but she feels as if it's trying to give her a clue on finding 'the secret'. During her exciting adventure, the words of Clara, the fortune teller, linger in her mind. " As above, so below'. What does it mean? Why did she say that?

The quote, " As above, so below", can mean many things:

- Things which appear to be very different have attributes that are surprisingly quite similar
- By studying one thing, we can discover something else
- Occult maxim : hidden truth

I believe it means there more than meets the eye, because you may not over look something when it must be overlooked in order to understand. If I looked at a pair of glasses and I didn't know what they were, I would think you wear them for fashion. HOWEVER, if I examined that pair of glasses, I would soon figure out that they help you see better.

I believe that this quote symbolizes that the secret is with her, she just doesn't know it.

The quote " As above, so below", projects an image of a hidden treasure right under there noses, not literally.

All in all, the quote " As above, so below" has many meanings, BUT, all of them conclude that its the hidden truth.