2010年4月9日 星期五

Naievte



Winston's Stuffed  Pals
We all possess the naivety from childhood, but some hide it and some don't.
I am very much a naive person. Sometimes I don't like to be surrounded by people who consider themselves more mature and more right. There is nothing wrong about being naive.
As a mom, I want my child to grow mature but I treasure the moments while he was a child and naive.
Winston is quite naive , maybe a bit more naive than his peers at this age.
He likes to preach to his pals, teach them English and Math.  It is cute to watch him punish the pals.
When we two are alone, we are both very naive.  Many times I pretend to be a student and he is the teacher.  He likes to be a wizard and turns me into a lady frog. Sometimes, when I was angry, he used his magic wand to change me into a dumb mom.
We read stories in turn, talk and act like we were in the stories.   Kids and Moms together, they know how to please each other. I guess it is because of "Naivete".
I feel guilty that I take advantage of his naivety to let him play piano and violin to the big audience---his pals and me ( I really enjoy his music).  I also pretend to be a silly violin and piano student of his.
After the pretending game, he already gets his music homework done and, the fun. Then he moves on playing his Wii and I am the housekeepking mom again.
So is it this time.  Winston asked me to knit a Rabbit for him.  I told him that I would knit more if he would practice music more.
So this week, without my pushing or yelling, he went to the piano and got the violin on his own. I knitted the rabbit by his side. 
He checked my progress once a while and happily went on his work.
I want to knit some pals for him while he still talks to them. Winston needs the patience to practice his piano and violin.
I call this a win-win game.
After creating this rabbit pal, Winston asked me: what is the sound a rabbit make? 
I saw rabbits, but I did not remember they even make any sound.  
Now we have to think of one cute little sound for Rabbit to make. 
Because when teacher Winston asks questions in his pals' class, rabbit has to make sound to answer.
 
New Pal-Rabbit

2 則留言:

Joanne Licsko 提到...

Winston is a lucky child to have a mother so involved in his learning and his play.

June 提到...

Hi Joanne,
Thanks for stopping by. I saw your new painting, the color is very gorgious. I sensed the vanity in this painting but saw reality in your writing. I wanted to write my comment in your blog earlier, but failed several times by unknown blocks(in China).

"We artists... create something of ourselves, for ourselves.. ..Artists should know themselves, accept themselves, and search for the audience that both wants their work, and will support it."
I think these words are not only meaningful for artists, but people in all positions and professions.
Thanks for sharing your great arts and insights.