The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. (Marcel Proust)
Stimulate creativity
Get your eyes to see things
In an original way
Brush your teeth with your left hand
Lie on the floor
See things with fresh eyes
Draw
With your lipstick
Paint
With chocolate pudding
Listen to a new genre of music
Dance
Awaken your senses
Listen to the sounds
Around you
Peel a mushroom
But first
Look for the faerie
And place her
At the bottom of the garden
Amongst shiny glittery things
Make a faerie door
See things with daydream eyes
Look for dragons in the forest
See things with new eyes
Look for magic in your life
I remember at Farmyard Nursery School, where I taught years ago, Miranda mum’s once told me that every Full Moon they would put out a thimble of milk and a crumb of cheese for the moon faeries.
My children’s tooth faerie was called Erin. She used to write the children letters every time she took one of their teeth, leaving a shiny coin in its place. Erin would write - in tiny spidery writing - about the destination of the tooth, or relate how she had come the night before, but had been scared off by a huge feline on Ariél’s bed. I still have the letters. I wonder what happened to Erin…
When Kyle, Roarke and Ariél visited Aunty Ada, her unicorn would watch over them when they slept over. The unicorn would always be in a different position when they woke up. [Ada, you will have to remind me about the unicorn, I have forgotten the details].
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