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In our first class Lacy had us try to make different shapes out of a circular string with our hands. Remembering that I had done this multiple times during my childhood, a lot of tricks were coming back to me. I could remember how to make the Eiffel Tower, which is the same way to make the cup and saucer, but you grab the tip of the saucer part and pull up and that makes it look like an Eiffel Tower. Its really awesome how you can make many different crafts with a piece of string. Thinking back from a child's perspective, that piece of string could keep me occupied for hours. Coming up with different uses to it. My imagination was limitless back then. My friends and I could go on for hours playing house or outer space. And that makes me think. As we get older, does our imagination stop... All of our dreams we had when we were little, do they still exist? Is this what the real world does to us? As we get older, yes we become more realistic to our dreams and goals, but we shouldn't shun them out completely.
So bringing it back to playing with string games in the present, it made me think of myself back in the third grade, playing the same games. I had so much fun with one piece of string. Kids now need all this technology to keep them busy, I wonder what would happen if a parent handed their kid a string now a days what they would do with it, and how long it would keep their attention.
I never would have thought string could make me think this much.
I agree, we do seem to lose that ability to just place ourselves into another world like we could when we were kids. Some of the best times I can remember from being a kid was just being outside running around the neighborhood with a stick or a football. This was a very insightful piece.
ReplyDeleteHi Nicole, I really have to agree with you on the part about us being kids and having so much imagination. As soon as we grow older, it seems that we are losing our creativity. The string game really use your imagination and creativity to built on the image that we are suppose to make.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, I never thought that a string could make me think so much. Also, I think that it is interesting that you brought up the point about kids having all of the technology that they have right now. I often ask myself what life would be like with out all of the technological advances, and how different their upbringings would be without iPhones, Laptops, Video Games, and other devices of the such,
ReplyDeleteI agree that when we are children we do spend more time using our imagination and playing but, i feel like we as adults do not loose our imagination we just change the way we use it. We have to work as adults to survive in the world and i feel all our imagination is put into our work. Filmmakers, screenwriters, interior designers, etc. Not all jobs are solely based on raw imagination but they do require problem solving. I believe problem solving is a product of imagination. As kids when we played house or outer space we normally ran into some issue (space monsters or lava floors) but we figured a way around the issue (couch cushions, or laser guns) which is early problem solving.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on this one. When we were kids, we used to use our imagination in so many ways, but now it's almost like we don't get to anymore. I remember going into the woods with my brother and finding a stick that resembled a gun and playing war with him. There's also many other ways I used my imagination but I can't really remember most of them. It's sad because nowadays I feel like kids use more technology than actually going outside and using their imagination. With so many things on the rise (iPads, iPods, iPhones, touch screens, smart televisions, video games, etc.), most kids don't use their imaginations as much and therefore don't get as much exercise.
ReplyDeleteI'm giving my kid a piece of string and telling them to go play outside.. I loved NOT having technology when I was little. I had so much fun outside with my friends playing the same games you named above. I was so good at string games, but when I tried to do it in class I forgot everything! But I don't think are dreams are gone. I think we just know most of the time they aren't realistic. We all still dream about the things we dreamed about when we were little but behind closed doors.
ReplyDeleteI was the same way with the string games. At my elementary school these were really big and when lacy said that we were going to be playing sting games, I felt as I was getting to go back to a part of my childhood. Unfirtunatley i forgot msot of the ones that I used to know and had to re-learn most of them. I was able to pick it up pretty quickly. i like how you also compared this to your childhood.
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