Creating imaginary worlds
“Writers and artists in their childhood tend to create their own imaginary worlds, e.g. Anthony Trollope, Kenneth Grahame, C.S. Lewis.. and doubtless many more…
“The imaginary worlds were created for fun and out of sheer surplus of mental energy. Everything indicates that these world weavers are very bright and some exceptionally so. Many of them resented school with its insistent direction, regimentation, and control. Quite a few have become successful creative adults as novelists, theater directors, artists..”
From the book Mellow Out, They Say. If I Only Could: Intensities and Sensitivities of the Young and Bright, by Michael M. Piechowski, PhD — “The purpose of this book is to give voice to the emotional life of bright young people, to show how their intensities and sensitivities make them more alive, more creative, and more in love with the world and its wonders.”
[The image is from book Eragon - by teen author Christopher Paolini. The movie is to be released in Dec. 2006.]
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