That's how the term Alternative Greetings was born. It is pure, timeless, experimental in nature, and it's the closest one can get to expressing and connecting to oneself and to loved ones.

We hear and feel the driving wind and sense the mystery of the pristine meadows. You can almost smell the green grass, feel a warm breeze as it envelops you and hear the flutter of the wings...

The appealing quality of an alternative greeting is its simplicity and purity which is often, but not always, lacking or not reflected in today's electronic greeting cards. At its young stage, we have known its power to embed itself deep in the memory of viewers.

Sentient, alternative greetings can describe subtle emotions very accurately. Amber Dreams may conjure feelings of blissful tranquility, but it is just the starting point. It can take you anywhere from there. The same is true of Cinnamon Afternoons, with its classic setting and music, it's not impossible to feel the calm we all yearn at the end of the day. Yet it may also invoke passion, devotion and zest for life. The contrast of the floating green oak leaf and yellow maple leaf in Through Eternity is reminiscent of May-December love affair, of an interracial relationship, or an interfaith union, and one may say, of devotion, from beginning of time till the end. And who among us, isn't weaved completely into the evocative A Little Place Called Heart, the majestic tone of If You Were Music, the exotic magic of If I Could. They set us off on a journey, a journey with paths that change along with time, our moods, desires, and needs, again and again, and still feel like it's a new experience each time we revisit the page. If it has that effect on us, need you wonder what it does to those whom you send it to? After all, that's what "greetings" are all about. They're your ambassadors, your little messengers. They speak out all sorts of our emotions -- of love, of friendship, of fear, of ambition, of joy, of hope, of inspiration, of sorrow, of serenity, of rememberance, of well-wishes, of union, of solitude, of blessings, of change, of faith, of courage, of strength, of dreams, of victory, of loss, of support... there's too many to list them all. In a world where technology encompasses a big part of our daily life, and where technology strips modern communications of 'human touch', the alternative greetings, in their own small way, can help us connect to who we really are, and hopefully bring peace and joy to our hearts and soul.

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