What do the toys we give to our children tell us about ourselves? As women and men? As builders of our childrens' dreams for the future? These are the kinds of things we think about as we discuss images from a wonderful interactive exhibit at the Albany Institute Of History and Art called "Kid Stuff", displaying popular toys from the last hundred years. Words, photos, and thoughts, at blog.amynelsonhahn.info
At play
It seems an easy enough idea
at first --
as they say, a stick and hoop,
a spring and loop,
anything will amuse --
but somehow along the way
we grownups build a picture
of our lesser selves
as we utmost wish to be.
Sometimes it's safer when
the minds of children
make the rules, and everyone
can fuse a new dream,
and fuel it with such love.
Copyright (c) 2012 Amy Nelson Hahn
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