Imagination in a Box

Imagine if you had a box, and it could contain anything, as long as the contents are things one can not pick up.

What would be in your box?

A great exercise to use abstract thought.

This was an exercise that was given to primary school children. The text in italics was mandatory, and the rest of the verse was imagination and free writing.

Ten years ago I wrote the following verse on this blog. I am a little confused as to why I wrote a black unicorn. It doesn’t at all sound like me.

The likely explanation is that my daughter must have had some input at the time as she was young at the time and obsessed with Moose, unicorns and rainbows.

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The Moose’s Box

I will put in my box

The freedom of children to dream and aspire.

The fortitude and perseverance of a nanny goat,

the sound of boots stomping in freshly laid snow,

the anticipation of holidays and travel.

I will put in my box –

empathy and altruism,

emotional intelligence and joy,

extra doses of joy and happiness,

and the extract of a pup’s exuberance.

I will put in my box –

a shifting fog,

rainy weather,

a thousand giggles,

and the sky at twilight.

I will put in my box –

a black unicorn hiding behind the rainbow

and the toes of a fish or the fins of a horse.

My box is –

shaped like a moose’s horns

and is a kaleidoscope of colours and sounds

tied with imaginary bows of angel’s breath.

In my box –

I will understand the meaning of life and find contentment and love.

What would you put in your mythical box?

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