The Black Iron Crib

[AFK]

This is a good idea. Countering societies programming.

I find, in general, there are a lot of good children's books out there.  I think the more exposure a child has to different ideas the better.  Actively engaging creativity.  Instead of just sitting them infront of an electronic babysitter.  I really think this BIP metaphor lends itself to this medium.  Because I think this is where it all goes horribly wrong.  Kids start off daydreaming about superheroes, little blue creatures, trains, outer space, being a star 1st baseman, etc.  Society gets so hell-bent on making good little workers that this creative spark gets programmed out of them.  What society forgets is that creative spark has fueled so many of the innovations we take for granted today.  It's in our best interest to have 30 year olds who still have the "wide-eyed" thing going on.  Anyway, that's the end of my soapbox for this topic.   

[that girl]

how's the idea coming along?  i've just begun reading through this forum, but i thought this an idea definitely worth pursuing.

i came across a kid's book one day that still has me thinking.  it's about a seven-year-old boy who wants a baby doll - and so he tells everyone he wants a doll, and his dad and brothers give him shit about it, and his dad buys him a basketball, and - in the end - it's like grandma explaining that the kid wants a doll so he can learn how to be a good daddy.  something like that.  this actually seems like the *opposite* of what you are trying to accomplish, to me ... like, you start out with this alternative reality and the explanation is that it's actually a "normal" reality, just done in a different way ...

i've thought of writing children's books, too.  my problem has always been not coming off too cliched or too symbolic/abstract ... so i'm really curious to see what y'all come up with.

[LMNO]

Isn't that "A Doll For William" from Free to Be You and Me?


Also, I wrote one somewhere around here.  I'll see if I can bump it.

[ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞]

[Cramulus]

[P3nT4gR4m]

Congratulations man, you've just taken WOMP's trademark shoddiness to a new level.

I like it

[AFK]

it's making my head go all wonky.

[that girl]

Isn't that "A Doll For William" from Free to Be You and Me?


Also, I wrote one somewhere around here.  I'll see if I can bump it.

<nods>  i just looked it up.  it's called "william's doll" - and was published in 1972!  i couldn't believe that.  it's pretty timeless.

looking for yours, too.

[LMNO]

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=12215.0