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Posts tagged imagination
Batman aka Dear Son
Jan 28th
Over the last week Batman has moved into our house, you should know Batman has assumed a new alias: Dear Son. Every morning he wakes up and asks,
“Can I put on my Batman costume?”
Depending on if he has to go to school of not, the answer is usually:
“Yes.”
Batman, aka Dear Son, now watches TV with us, eats dinner with us, walks the dogs with us and most wonderfully before we walk into any room – checks for Bad Guys. Should they exist he is sure to clear out the room and make it safe. I am glad to have Batman on my side.
Cloud Images
Jul 7th
Image via WikipediaWe were driving to grandma and grandpa’s over this past 4th of July holiday weekend, when Dear Son excitedly blurted from the back seat “I see a sheep in the clouds!” Gwenn and I paused for a moment and looked at each other, this was his first cloud image. We both got so excited and started playing along with him. The game continued on the rest of the afternoon randomly whenever anyone saw an image in the clouds. By the end of the afternoon we had seen, flying dogs, race cars, sharks and much much more. It was such a moment of joy to see his imagination at work and for us to remember that childhood fun.
The Simple Life
May 19th
Genius of simplicity:
- riding toys are motorcycles, race cars or huge boats
- drum sticks turn into microphones
- a crayon creates create another world
- watching a bug is discovering another life form
- the vision of going to the moon is within reach
Above is a snippet of Dear Sons world from this weekend. The eyes of a child are so brilliant and imaginative. We complicate our world to extremes so many times for so many unneeded scenarios, it is refreshing to just sit back and listen to the refreshing genius of a simpler life.
