Children know true joy. Juvenile ignorance paired with few
worries creates an optimal state of happiness and bliss. The world is vibrant, their
imagination vivid, their creativity unrestricted. As these children mature into
adults, however, they lose this connection to their free selves. They become
closed off to their childhood, and begin to fear going outside the box. The picture
below exemplifies this idea. The young girl on the right embraces her freedom
and joy; arms outstretched, she absorbs the radiant colors into her life. The man
on the right, however, fearfully hides under his umbrella of darkness. His
character, colorless and dim, avoids the vibrancy of the free world around him.
This represents the dichotomy between the child and adult generations: what the
children once welcomed, the adults cower at. The question is why? Why do adults lose this touch with their younger, freer selves?
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