This beautiful short that touched my heart was made and produced by Disney(2021),is about a small baby raccoon and her parent, who has a scar over the left eye, venture outside of the woods and onto a beach. While the small raccoon is quick to venture out, the parent is over protective in an aggressive manner!

The parent attempts to dig for oysters for them to eat, but the little raccoon continues to get distracted by tufted puffins, crabs and a seashell where she listens to the ocean in it. The parent angrily takes the seashell and smashes it; leaving the small raccoon sad.

A seagull appears and the baby raccoon is enticed to follow it towards its flock. However, as she gets close, she realizes that there is a coyote prowling for food. The coyote chases after the raccoon and manages to leave a scar across her nose.


The parent appears and manages to bash the coyote away as they run up a tree to hide. The parent angrily chatters at the young before revealing that their scar came from a similar predator. Both parent and child raccoon begin to feel distant.

Years later, the baby raccoon, now an adult, ventures onto the beach with her own young; following a similar pattern from her parent.


Once again, the young is faced with similar eye catching oddities that the parent tries to deter him from. When the young finds a new seashell, the raccoon proceeds to angrily take it away, but catches herself making the same mistake her parent made and calmly takes her young to the top of the tree to show him the predator and her scar. Mother and child comfort one another.

The two return to the beach, with the mother teaching and playing with her child before returning to the tree, where the mother gifts her child with a sea shell!


My drawing is based on that beautiful scene with the little raccoon and the seashell, but the scene later turns serious and sad too!
I fully understand that our parents have been our guide on the path of life, although many times they didn't understand the way we act, and there were even discussions...but their love and understanding were always present for all of us!


Seeing this scene inspired me to make a music video with one of the most beautiful songs performed by the legendary John Denver,titled "Windsong"!
Here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIh9PxHErW8

Lyrics:


"The wind is the whisper of our mother the earth
The wind is the hand of our father the sky
The wind watches over our struggles and pleasures
The wind is the goddess who first learned to fly

The wind is the bearer of bad and good tidings
The weaver of darkness, the bringer of dawn
The wind gives the rain, then builds us a rainbow
The wind is the singer when sang the first song

The wind is a twister of anger and warning
The wind brings the fragrance of freshly mown hay
The wind is a racer, a wild stallion running
The sweet taste of love on a slow summer's day

The wind knows the songs of the cities and canyons
The thunder of mountains, the roar of the sea
The wind is the taker and giver of mornings
The wind is the symbol of all that is free

So welcome the wind and the wisdom she offers
Follow her summons when she calls again
In your heart and your spirit let the breezes surround you
Lift up your voice then and sing with the wind...!"


Far from the Tree/Walt Disney Animation Studios/Walt Disney Pictures/@2021
Windsong/John Denver/Joe Henry/Performed by John Denver/RCA Records/@1975
Drawing & Video by Fred Vegerano/@2022