In class last week our discussion was rolling around the topic of child's play and adults using art as a means of expressing their so-called "inner child". Why is this? Why must adults pretend to be these mature beings that don't roll around in the mud or finger paint or build with blocks? What I want to know is who the heck came up with the idea that adults have to pretend that because they are older, they cannot enjoy the same things as their children any longer. That is totally not fair.
And what is even funnier is in college, it becomes acceptable to do all of these things again. It becomes ok to color with crayons in a coloring book, or to go puddle jumping in the Quad and roll around in the mud and rain, or to have sleepovers and wear footie pajamas.
Our society has set all these standards and rules that make humans as a whole less fun and more boring. And the fact that the only socially acceptable way adults are allowed to "play" is if they call themselves and artist and make something.
A question I will leave you with, though, is if art is supposed to be the adult's way of expressing their "inner child", does this mean that children cannot create art?
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