Make a Wish at the MoMA

"I wish she'll say YES!!" That was the first wish that caught my eye on Yoko Ono's Wish Tree at the MoMA. Located in the Sculpture Garden, the tree was filled with hand-written notes of people's wishes. I couldn't help but smile when I read some of the hanging tags, which gave me a special glimpse into people's private thoughts. Unsurprisingly there were many wishes about love and happiness. Then there were other wishes like for Christianity to be forgotten and for everyone to go green.

I later found out that anyone could write his/her wish and hang it on the tree. A table next to the tree held the blank notes and pens. The instructions read, "Make a wish. Write it down on a piece of paper. Fold it and tie it around a branch of the wish tree. Ask your friend to do the same. Keep wishing." So I thought about my sappy wish, wrote it down, and tied it to the tree.

I think most of us stopped making wishes a long time ago. We're no longer the naive little kids who made a wish before blowing out our birthday candles, believing that if we tell someone our wish, then it wouldn't come true. But sometimes it feels good to suspend reality, see the world through rose-colored glasses, and believe that whatever we're wishing for could actually come true. The wish that I wrote is definitely not going to become true, but hopefully it'll bring a smile to someone's face as the other wishes had brought a smile to mine.

So go ahead, make a wish :)