The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland and the fact that his hat is almost twice his body size.
Indiana Jones and his many adventures that were all done while wearing his famous tan fedora.
Harry Potters sorting hat that determined your social status at Hogwarts for the next few years, and pretty much your whole life.
Abraham Lincoln and the significance of his lanky figure along with his top hat just adding to the height.
Michael Jackson had his white shimmery glove, but also a coal black fedora to go along with it in almost every one of his shows.
Hats, all around with different stories to tell.
We always look at the person wearing the hat and wonder why they are wearing a hat that day or what significance that hat has, but we never look at the hat.
Where has it been?
Who has it seen?
Where did it come from?
What is the hats story?
While the person could be wearing the hat for many different reasons stop and look at the hat instead of the person.
Is it worn and torn, showing that it has been worn a lot and is very loved by the user?
Does it look brand new and is getting out to see the world for its first time ever?
Has it been passed down, is it grandpas hat that he gave you and now you cherish because he is gone, or is it the hat that smells like home and reminds you of your dad?
Look for the story that the hat has to tell because a lot of the time it will have a different story than the person wearing it, and it will open up and be more willing to share than the person wearing it, all you have to do is look and listen.
So next time you see someone wearing a hat, don't look at the person, look at the hat.
I like looking at it from the hat's perspective. Creative.
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