Does anyone remember when they were little and liked to color and draw on the sidewalk and catch fire flies? Well I remember those good old days and I bet all of you do too. Now that I am grown up, or at least much older, I miss the days without cares and just being free to color as much as I wanted or to catch enough fire flies to fill my room (always keep them in the jar, don't actually let them out). When we were kids, the only thing that mattered was having fun. Those were the most free and most fun days of my life and in the lives of many of my friends. Well, I have found a college-sponsored event that lets me relive those care free days. It is my school's annual sidewalk chalk festival. It's based on an 18th century street painting tradition. I get to draw on school property (literally) and make a mess, and I get to relive the good old days in style. They don't even wash the chalk off until sometime a week later. So everyone gets to see the interesting drawings and masterpieces. How cool is that? Usually a lot of art talented students enter and create master pieces, but this year I entered and let's just say I am not an artist or even talented. My 8-year-old niece is going to come and help me because she likes to draw too. She is definitely better at 'coloring in the lines' than I am so to speak. However, that has not deterred me one bit. I am going to go and draw to my hearts content and I do not care if we win or even place in any of the categories at the festival. For me it is all about being free to express my inner child and my myself as an adult and return to the good old days. Plus, as a bonus you get to do something that you're not really allowed to do as an adult and no one is going to walk by and give me strange looks for sitting on the ground drawing and singing "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Okay, well, maybe they will look at funny for singing, but I doubt I can still sing "Mary Had a Little Lamb". I think that it is important for everyone to have a way to revisit the good old days of childhoods past and remember that feeling of freedom and complete abandon. It is also necessary to keep such thoughts and feelings with us when real life gets us down and holds us back occasionally.
Peace and Love,
AU-Girl
