“One of the virtues of being very young is
that you don't let the facts
get in the way of your imagination.”
American humorist,
writer, teacher, TV celeb and journalist
I am an insufferable
fan of the facts.
Imagination also
gets my vote, and sometimes the twain need not interfere with each other.
I have a
grandfatherly perspective on this. I love to hear my kids spinning a tale or making
up a song on the fly. It’s a wonderment to hear their freelance explanations of
Santa Claus and rain and why flowers die and how the astronauts can survive in
space.
Their cautionary
tales about animal parents taking care of their young are sophisticated in
their concern, and carefree in their attribution of human values and familial
love….sometimes I feel like I’m on a mission to soak up enough free-range
delight and fanciful understanding to keep my brain and my heart from getting
older, at least for an hour or two….
I never tell the
kids a lie.
Sometimes I
collaborate in keeping the dried-up facts in the back pocket for a while.
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Carl Subber 2015 All rights reserved.
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