Thursday, September 9, 2010

On (Un)complicated Explanations


The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.(Hippocrates)

It is true that children grasp the world around them with more attention to detail than their adult counterparts and, so, we must choose our words wisely when filling in their curious gaps about the past, present, and future. And if we stumble, they forgive as easily as they (don't) forget, which simply means there's room for trial, error, and our own creative lens through which to take in (their) world around us, too. Enjoy!

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