It occurred to me today that how asinine our culture can be. Has anyone else noticed that we’re content to push coloring books at kids without thinking about why we’d do that? I have no issues with the books themselves; I have issues with their limitations. Think of it this way: people have the most amount of imagination when they’re young – the older they get the more grounded in reality they become. Why do we feel compelled to give them pre-drawn coloring books? Or even pre-fab Lego kits rather than a buck of Lego bricks? Is it because as adult we’re terrified by the void represented by a complete blank sheet of paper? Or is it just “because”?
I dunno. Occurred to me during lunch today. Thought I’d share.
And for that matter, would it even pass for irony in the first place?
I never followed the instuctions. I thought it was a waste of time to collor within the lines. but their is a point. I mean how else would we teach kids to become elementry school test taking bots?????
I dunno – my kid draws all over the pages, regardless of lines. He just likes to look at the pictures, scribble all over them, and annouce that he drew “FISH!”
I dunno, I think it might be “just because”. I know I will give my kid a coloring book just to keep him from scribbling on the walls. You do however lose 10 cool points for quoting Alanis Morissette in your title. Intentionally or not.