Tag Archives: childhood

Childhood dreams of yore

Worlds of child­hood dreams, hid­den from us in plain sight, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Child­hood dreams of yore Hid­den amongst for­est’ trees Walk slow to find them © Thorsten Becker

Close your eyes, dream

Close your eyes, dream, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. As imag­i­na­tion takes flight the com­mon becomes the mys­te­ri­ous, the unseen seen, the hid­den revealed. A child’s view of worlds yet to be dis­cov­ered. Lands and sights and places and spaces far away. Close your eyes, dream. © Thorsten Becker

Imagination

Feen­haus — Fairy House, orig­i­nally uploaded by Thorsten Becker. Some time ago my wife and I went to see Bridge to Ter­abithia, a sur­pris­ingly imag­i­na­tive movie, cer­tainly not what we first expected. As the movie pro­gressed it reminded me much of my own child­hood, invent­ing sto­ries in my mind, turn­ing seem­ingly mun­dane objects into fan­tas­tic