Childhood Wonder

 

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

All 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. Writers begin with awareness and write to expand and explore the images that flow. They climb trees of possibility and feel the crust of bark with their hands as they spiral into the branches. 

A new world opens for playfulness with words.

Reflect on an event you observed in the past week with freshness and a twist. Take a mental stroll to a familiar place and observe it for the first time with a child's attitude and insight.  Notice the ocean as more than water and waves. See color in variety and subtlety of gradation.  Hear a bird's music and the wind's roar.

Write about a moment of pure joy experienced with a child's mind. Or, write about the remembrance of a first gift received. Get into a rhythm a child might use to explain the situation.