Its amazing how kids can react to art..unlike grown ups they don't need to find recognizable shapes and a reasonable presentation of facts. In the morning i was watching 'Mirror Mask', a fantasy movie with my daughter. I could see her getting completely engrossed in the narrative. There were absolutely no questions like ..how can this happen..how can a cat have a man's face ..I waited in vain for her to ask something but she was completely satisfied. On and off i could hear her mutter 'aisa nahi hona chahiye tha' thats when the protagonist, a teenage girl would be carried away by black elements or could be seen in clutches of horrifying creatures.
Its sad how logic and reason take over fertile qualities of imagination and fantasy as we grow up. Feel a dire need to return to fairytales, folktales and this time read them like my daughter without a single question in my mind..will it be possible to unlearn..will it be possible to shake away the reason which has so strongly made a dwelling in my heart..is it possible to be a child again ...i wonder