Where’s your child’s playfulness today? Do you have a fun relationship with words?
Do you recall your childhood association with words? Did you create names for animals and plants? Did you tell stories?
Frederick Smock, a teacher of creative writing, learns daily from his students to think with a child's mind. One student astonished him with her words when she wrote from the point of view of a coconut. “I never have to go on vacation because I carry the waves inside of me,” she wrote.
Today, delight yourself with possibilities and let your words scurry around corners and under bushes. Look into the sky to capture connections. Consider all your areas of knowledge: animals, insects, gardening, travel, economics, and relationships.
How will you communicate the awareness that makes your days and nights glitter?
Let your words flee and flourish. Delight in metaphors to tell your stories. Return to your child's playfulness.
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