Figment is a rule-breaker.
He has his house on the ceiling.
Upside down. Figment is an
original. Walt Disney had limitless
imagination. He named his thinkers and
dreamers Imagineers! I’m leaving my
Disney Classics tangent (sort-of) to imagine imagination. Can you imagine? Sadly many children today can’t imagine. They sit in front of the television watching
mindless shows (thank you new Disney Channel), and playing violent video
games. Research has shown that children’s
brains CAN NOT develop properly without pretend play, aka using
imagination. Where would the world be
today without imagination? We would have no
space program, no sky scrapers, no iphones.
There would be no (gasp) Disneyland or Walt Disney World. Oh the horror! Turn off your television, turn off the video
games. A prominent neuropsychologist
advocates throwing out video games altogether.
Play with your kids. Go outside
and find shapes in the clouds. Go on a treasure hunt. Read books together. Eat supper together and have
discussions. Build houses on the ceiling! Save our Imagination! Walt Disney had a vision and dared to give in to imagination. He let his one little spark ignite and grow into a vast empire. An empire built on imagination! To paraphrase Figment… One little spark of
inspiration is at the heart of all creation.
Right at the start of everything that’s new, one little spark, lights up
for you!
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