Fantasy, more than a guilty pleasure
Feb. 17th, 2011 12:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
birdienlI just read this amazing quote from Steven Moffat, lead writer and producer of Doctor Who:
'If you have the extraordinary good fortune to be telling a story that children want to hear, then you better remember - you are talking to the future. A children's story isn't a smaller less important thing, it is the most important kind of the story there is - for the simple reason that stories are most imporant to children. History tells them what has happened. Science tells them what might happen. But stories tell them what always happens.
That is why fantasy is so important to children, and so beloved by them. It's not an escape from the real world, it's a way to understand it. Drama shows you the world outside your window - but fantasy and science-fiction show you the world you can see when you close your eyes.'
How true is this! I've learned so much about life, faith and being a human from the works of Tolkien, Lewis and also from watching Dr. Who.
And a silly meme to pass the time...
1. Make a list of 5 things that you can see without getting up
My computer screen
A white plastic Christmas tree which we should really store away
My teapot
My stack of files to work through when a colleage will finally change the printer cartridge
A soup bowl filled with paper-clips
2. How do you style your hair?
A bun at the back
3. What are you wearing now?
Jeans, a purple Esprit shirt and a grey blazer
4. What's your occupation?
Office assistant at a monitoring agency in the agricultural sector
5. What do you hear right now?
Just some radio station in the background, a DJ chattering away
6. Who was the last person you hugged?
A friend.
7. What is/was for dinner?
Rice with French beans yesterday, pasta with spinach tonight
8. What did you do today?
Work: typing, filing, answering farmer's phone calls
9. Dog person or cat person?
Dog I guess, though I've had neither
10. If you had to change your name, what would you change it to?
When I was a child, I always wanted to be called Diane
11. What was the last thing that you bought?
Bread and fruit
12. If you could afford to go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
New Zealand, from what I've seen of it, it's a really beautiful country
13. Where do you see yourself in five years?
Hopefully I'm a PhD by then and maybe working somewhere on a meaningfull scientific project
14. Where's your birthmark?
I have them all over.
15. What are you doing this weekend?
On Saturday I'm seeing my ponies (yeah!) and hopefully I'll have some time to do some Photoshopping and reading and wachting South Riding!
16. If you could play any musical instrument, which one would you play?
The piano
17. How are you?
Hungry, eager for lunch
18. What are you doing tomorrow?
Work again!
19. What are you looking forward to the most?
At the moment, lunch... And to pick up a book I ordered at the book store tonight
'If you have the extraordinary good fortune to be telling a story that children want to hear, then you better remember - you are talking to the future. A children's story isn't a smaller less important thing, it is the most important kind of the story there is - for the simple reason that stories are most imporant to children. History tells them what has happened. Science tells them what might happen. But stories tell them what always happens.
That is why fantasy is so important to children, and so beloved by them. It's not an escape from the real world, it's a way to understand it. Drama shows you the world outside your window - but fantasy and science-fiction show you the world you can see when you close your eyes.'
How true is this! I've learned so much about life, faith and being a human from the works of Tolkien, Lewis and also from watching Dr. Who.
And a silly meme to pass the time...
1. Make a list of 5 things that you can see without getting up
My computer screen
A white plastic Christmas tree which we should really store away
My teapot
My stack of files to work through when a colleage will finally change the printer cartridge
A soup bowl filled with paper-clips
2. How do you style your hair?
A bun at the back
3. What are you wearing now?
Jeans, a purple Esprit shirt and a grey blazer
4. What's your occupation?
Office assistant at a monitoring agency in the agricultural sector
5. What do you hear right now?
Just some radio station in the background, a DJ chattering away
6. Who was the last person you hugged?
A friend.
7. What is/was for dinner?
Rice with French beans yesterday, pasta with spinach tonight
8. What did you do today?
Work: typing, filing, answering farmer's phone calls
9. Dog person or cat person?
Dog I guess, though I've had neither
10. If you had to change your name, what would you change it to?
When I was a child, I always wanted to be called Diane
11. What was the last thing that you bought?
Bread and fruit
12. If you could afford to go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
New Zealand, from what I've seen of it, it's a really beautiful country
13. Where do you see yourself in five years?
Hopefully I'm a PhD by then and maybe working somewhere on a meaningfull scientific project
14. Where's your birthmark?
I have them all over.
15. What are you doing this weekend?
On Saturday I'm seeing my ponies (yeah!) and hopefully I'll have some time to do some Photoshopping and reading and wachting South Riding!
16. If you could play any musical instrument, which one would you play?
The piano
17. How are you?
Hungry, eager for lunch
18. What are you doing tomorrow?
Work again!
19. What are you looking forward to the most?
At the moment, lunch... And to pick up a book I ordered at the book store tonight
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Date: 2011-02-19 09:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-22 02:07 am (UTC)And children's books are definitely very important.
Fun meme! I may use it later...