Published on 12, July, 2020
What so called "childish" or innocent pursuits does anyone have?
Myself, I like blowing bubbles. I always have a pot of them in the car, and often take them out when I go on a walk and sit down and blow them and watch them float gently over the landscape or historic site. I do find it very therapeutic and suppose it is a sort of stimming although it is usually done when I am calm, although sometimes I must say when I have had a difficult few minutes I get the urge to blow them.
I also love watching old children's television programmes from when I was young. Catweazel, the Gerry Anderson puppet series (Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds and even Four Feather Falls), Follyfoot (I fell in love with Dora as a teenager!).
And I am never far from my recorder. Although I stopped being taught at the age of 11, I carried on with playing it and even though my music reading is below very basic I can pick out a tune and change the key to suit very easily.
So does anyone else have these sort of so called childish pursuits and what are they?
I'm very childish. Always have been, in many ways.
It's why I like the work I do. When our special needs people arrive at the Centre in the mornings, it's time for me to slip into my 'child' mode: acting the fool, singing, larking around. It brings out the Spike Milligan in me. I identify with him so much. I find it hard to take so many things seriously, and usually try to bring a joke into things.
As a kid, I used to love playing 'Misfits' - putting the wrong heads on the wrong bodies. PhotoShop (or Gimp, which is what I use) has opened up things for me in that sense. Now, I can take someone's head or body and paste it onto something else, or otherwise play around with images. It's very childish... but great fun!
Here's an example (a bit political - hope no one's offended!)
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