I know this commercial is old news, but I've been seeing it a lot on TV lately. It never fails to put a smile on my face. Although I didn't grow up with Star Wars, I did grow up with Harry Potter. I remember going around as a kid with my wand, casting spells and brewing potions in the backyard. A child's imagination is truly a beautiful thing. All a child needs is a stick, or a box, or even a Halloween costume, and they have an entire new world to play in for hours. I vividly remember being at my grandparents' beach condo with my cousin, using some decorative jars as cauldrons and brewing sleeping draughts out of the seashells we had found that day. I wish that my imagination had stuck with me more as I grew older, but alas, that is the pain of growing up. Any adult who remembers his inner child and encourages imagination in a little boy gets an A+ in my book. :)
"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral."
Antione de Saint-Exupery
Antione de Saint-Exupery
"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
(I had to put both quotes... the Dr. Seuss one was just too good)
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