Imagination through Time
When I think of writing, REALLY think of writing what comes to mind is imagination.
I think back to the days when we lived in caves. I mean it had to start somewhere yes?
Back then writing was merely scratching symbols on cave walls perhaps even writing out directions to the herd of grass eaters in the sand which would not have survived the ravages of time. Telling stories no doubt relied on noises, movements, of the body in a dance.
So did it happen there? Maybe a little boy hungry looked at the drawing of a saber tooth tiger and wondered what it would be like to ride upon it's back.
Perhaps a man told the story of a predator killing Bo See Haha to cover up murder that he committed over whose balls were bigger.
I'm sure women back then lived for children. Was there a time when a woman would pretend she was pregnant to save her life because she was barren? Did a mother dream of her son rising up to lead? Overcoming obstacles that our sharpest soldier couldn't beat?
Maybe they were too simple for that. maybe all they dreamed of was water and food.
So surely there was someone who dreamed of ways to make water. Maybe even claimed they could by laying certain rocks out and making grunting noises like a toad philistine orchestra.
As for food I refuse to believe that at least one hunter didn't look at a herd and find themselves wishing for ways to bring down many. What things did he imagine I wonder?
What they had is something I think we've lost. Most people are fed external stimuli constantly from phones, computers, TV's Netflix and so on. I'm not seeing as many children playing by using their imaginations anymore. Now toys have to be toys from the TV show they watch and they basically play out fan fiction of which they will surely write more and more of as they grow older.
What do we do to keep imagination fresh and alive in today's time? I find If I go for a walk or sit out in the woods it helps me some what but even I'm getting susceptible to what the world tells me things SHOULD look like instead of asking me to imagine it for my self?
What do you think?
I think back to the days when we lived in caves. I mean it had to start somewhere yes?
Back then writing was merely scratching symbols on cave walls perhaps even writing out directions to the herd of grass eaters in the sand which would not have survived the ravages of time. Telling stories no doubt relied on noises, movements, of the body in a dance.
So did it happen there? Maybe a little boy hungry looked at the drawing of a saber tooth tiger and wondered what it would be like to ride upon it's back.
Perhaps a man told the story of a predator killing Bo See Haha to cover up murder that he committed over whose balls were bigger.
I'm sure women back then lived for children. Was there a time when a woman would pretend she was pregnant to save her life because she was barren? Did a mother dream of her son rising up to lead? Overcoming obstacles that our sharpest soldier couldn't beat?
Maybe they were too simple for that. maybe all they dreamed of was water and food.
So surely there was someone who dreamed of ways to make water. Maybe even claimed they could by laying certain rocks out and making grunting noises like a toad philistine orchestra.
As for food I refuse to believe that at least one hunter didn't look at a herd and find themselves wishing for ways to bring down many. What things did he imagine I wonder?
What they had is something I think we've lost. Most people are fed external stimuli constantly from phones, computers, TV's Netflix and so on. I'm not seeing as many children playing by using their imaginations anymore. Now toys have to be toys from the TV show they watch and they basically play out fan fiction of which they will surely write more and more of as they grow older.
What do we do to keep imagination fresh and alive in today's time? I find If I go for a walk or sit out in the woods it helps me some what but even I'm getting susceptible to what the world tells me things SHOULD look like instead of asking me to imagine it for my self?
What do you think?
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