"Don't stop dreaming just
because you had a nightmare."
~Sue Fitzmaurice
That word . . . dream . . . it's
everywhere I look. I find it in
my daily reads, in quotations
and sayings. Even other people
say it to me.
I find myself enjoying all of the
different meanings. That dream
you have during the night, those
dreams of who you wish to be
when you grow up. Daydreams
may be the most fun of all.
I often ask myself, "What is the
value of daydreams, anyway?"
And, I think I've got it. As a
Lang Arts teacher of many years,
I always asked my students to
do different kinds of pre-writes.
Lists, scribbles and scratches for
starters. A run at the odd paragraph
or two. Then a rough draft and an
edit. For me, that was the fun of
writing. Final drafts are the end
of the experience. Frankly, I often
like the path of getting there over
the end result. Go figure!
Methinks 'tis a bit of the same with
daydreams. We cast the out those
tenuous tendrils of thought and wait
to see what will coalesce from there.
Daydreams spawn all kinds of ideas.
That's our pre-write, as it were. Then
comes the fun of creation. When we
end up with the final draft, it may not
even look like that initial beginning.
So today, I'm going to take a bit of a
lie about, blow some lovely bubbles
just over my mind and see what they
explode into . . . Such fun!
And yes, I'm ever so glad that I'm
remembering just how delightful
that F-word is . . .
. . . Fun! FUN!! F U N !!!
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