Peter Pan

I like to think of myself as a female Peter Pan, because I don't ever plan on growing up, therefore I really enjoyed chapter 8 and am looking forward to discussing childhood and creativity. First, I feel the need to pull out these two quotes: "Childhood is open to altered states of consciousness because it is a period when the boundry between imagination and reality is in the process of being defined." and the second quote "consciousness is modified from babyhood to adolescence by the continual overlaying of preverbal perception with consenual name forms agreed by the prevailing and society." I pulled out these specific quotes because of the idea that child can "see" ghost when their younger and can no longer "see" them they grow up. Since children are more open to the possibilities because they are not tied down by "knowing" that they don't exist, it is more likely that they can see spirits. This theory was put into a movie about 6 months ago (it's a scary movie though- "The Messengers"), but I have also had personal experience with that matter.
Besides that, I completely subscribe to the thought that childhood and creativity go hand and hand. I used to watch my brothers and sisters play for hours with a balled up pair of socks (when they were little). I always wondered what was going on in their mind when I would hear they laugh (this was the time before they could talk).
All in all, I think it was a very interesting chapter. And as a sidenote, my mother (very into childrens stories) was going to name my oldest brother Christopher Robin, until my father vetoed it. He was named Christopher Michael instead. Also, my youngest sister is named Hannah Leigh because of Puff the Magic dragon ("And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called honah lee") which is where her name comes from.