“There must be more to life than having everything.” ~ Maurice Sendak
They are sent to bed without supper and sail to islands with monsters. On the island, they conquer their fear and return home to a hot supper.
They push through the wardrobe to discover magical worlds. Before returning home, they save the world.
They journey to where the sidewalk ends. They enter the 100 Aker Woods to find kindness and Pooh.
They are us. Telling our children tales of magical lands, adventure, and hope triumphant. They are us giving full reign to the imagination.
Peter lost his shadow and Wendy wakes. She helps Pan reattach it. Her gift of story garners an invitation to adventures in Never-Never-Land.
The call comes from the shadows. The pull of imagination lives in the image-shapes cast upon the wall.
I’ve heard countless people insist that they are not creative. I ask them if they’ve ever told their baby-child a story? I ask them, as a child, did they alert their parents to the scary monster scratching around the closet or hiding beneath the bed?
read Kerri’s blogpost about THE WEST WALL
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