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"Innocent" or "Childish" Pursuits

Trainspotter
over 7 years ago

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?

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  • over 7 years ago

    Hope said:

    I am that daydreamer with books person - can spend whole days without seeing anyone other than my dad and the person at the checkout. Will spend the day immersed in philosophy. Mind you, many philosophers have argued the case for solitude - the crowd can be corrupting. Also philosophers are often described as having a childish curiosity and aversion to the falsehoods of society. 

    Isn't this kind of what people at university do? They go to a closed, peaceful community in order to avoid distractions from their 'daydreaming.'

    Of course, they can have some 'down time' when they feel they need it too.

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  • over 7 years ago

    Hope said:

    I am that daydreamer with books person - can spend whole days without seeing anyone other than my dad and the person at the checkout. Will spend the day immersed in philosophy. Mind you, many philosophers have argued the case for solitude - the crowd can be corrupting. Also philosophers are often described as having a childish curiosity and aversion to the falsehoods of society. 

    Isn't this kind of what people at university do? They go to a closed, peaceful community in order to avoid distractions from their 'daydreaming.'

    Of course, they can have some 'down time' when they feel they need it too.

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