A Child's Curiosity

"Give me the mind of a child." - Pablo Picasso

Children share delight and curiosity in discoveries. They seek direct experience of the world as it unrolls. The joy of adventure becomes stimulation for their creative exploration.

A writer's intuition requires a similar sense of wonder. It begins with awareness and words expand and explore images that flow. Climbing trees of possibility, one feels the crust of bark with hands. A spiral into the branches opens the world for playfulness with words.

Take a mental stroll to a familiar place and observe it for the first time with a child's attitude and insight. Reflect on an event you observed in the past week with freshness and a twist.

Notice the ocean as more than water and waves. See color in variety and subtlety of gradation. 

Smell the aromas in the air. 

Hear a bird's music and the wind's roar.

Write about a moment of pure joy experienced with a child's mind. 

Recall a first gift received. 

Write into a rhythm a child might use to explain the situation.