Influence of Wonder

                At six years old, I would have gone into this assignment with unyielding enthusiasm because I have the opportunity to discover little objects that can quickly capture my attention.  This white out stick that produces white out on tape would have been a cool thing in the eyes of my 6 year old self. I can actually verify this statement because I have a little 8 year old cousin who was completely intrigued by this white out tape. She was so fascinated that she ended up breaking my white out, and I was so irritated.  I did not understand why she was interested in this stupid object, but I had to calm myself down, and remember that she is a little kid who was only acting on impulse due to the fascinating "toy" she just discovered. Like my little cousin, I would have seized at the opportunity to analyze objects because I was allowed to direct all of my energy and attention in an object that was too cool to overlook. As a little kid, my value of things is a lot different from what I value today. I was young and inexperienced, simply trying to suck in information in as many ways as possible.

                As we get older we are less capable of imagination and wonder because as a little kid we seek to learn as much as we can. We are new creatures on this earth who are trying to get a sense of our new environment. We have to familiarize ourselves with everything because it is our way of learning. Furthermore, as a child we are less mature and do not know how to value the level of importance from one thing to the other. Therefore, every little thing that catches our eye, will reel us in with ease. Whereas being an adult, we do not seek to learn about every little thing that we encounter because many of these things have no importance or affect on us. We've been on the earth longer, therefore we have been exposed to a wider range of things, thus wiping away the imagination and wonder we have for things. As time goes by, things that used to be fun become jaded and monotonous, thus causing the passion to be lost.

                I think the quote means that concepts create these ideologies that can sometimes be misconstrued, and in order for the concepts to maintain their simple message, the simple acts of wonder can get to the core of the meaning. I'm not sure if this true in my experience cause wonder can still misinterpret.