THE KALEIDOSCOPE...
It's like a little time machine ready to whisk you back to a time of whimsy and simpler diversions.
Many people pick up a scope, give the object chamber a couple of quick spins and plop it back down on the table, saying, "Oh. I had one when I was a kid." (Careful with the plopping...it's still a tube full of glass, you know!)
Other, more thoughtful viewers take their time, savoring each ever
changing image, as the small carefully made and selected glass objects quietly (or not so quietly) tumble in the chamber.
Sometimes just a quick peek can let us know that all is right with our world, even if the world keeps trying to tell us something else.
You can just as easily and happily lose yourself for quite a while, and you won't even know you've been lost. You might even feel that you've been found.