The Smile

Before any object, there is a smile.

I chose to open this Journal with this gesture.
A shared human threshold.
A simple and universal form of welcome.

A smile is the first point of contact.
It comes before words, context, and explanation.
It allows a space to open.
It prepares attention.

Across cultures and forms of hospitality, the smile acts as a unifying signal.
It supports transitions and softens boundaries, offering orientation.

This is where Aviation Décor begins for me.
With gestures that belong to everyone.
With moments that shape how we enter a place, how we are received, how an experience starts.

This Journal explores these thresholds.
The precise attentions that precede experience.
The rituals that connect spaces to people.

I open it with a smile. Welcome on board.