Think outside the box

Let's try an experiment. Tell your child to draw a picture of a house.

Most children will draw a box for the basic shape, and then draw more boxes for the windows, doors, and obligatory chimney. Eventually, they add a roof and a couple of fuzzy lollipop trees in the front.

Most children will do that.

But not all.

I am in awe of the child that starts his/her house by drawing a circle, a triangle or other shape. And they don't stop there. Some houses float or move. Some look like letters, animals, trees, birds. Some have impossible bends, fantastic heights, or architecturally questionable shapes.

A child who can "think outside of the box" has a gift that most of us have discarded.

I want to be that kind of child again.

This blog is about becoming that child.

If you can beat the "box," you will never want for ideas again.