IMAGINATION IS THE HIGHEST KITE ONE CAN FLY My family has a very close friend, named Alex Wanamaker who was born with a severely damaged central nervous system. This birth defect has left him somewhat paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. Alex was limited to doing basic daily activities with the help of others. Alex is able to take educational classes from home using his voice-activated computer. He sometimes asks me to type his homework, to-date he is an A student. I have become his best friend and I have enjoyed talking to him on many different subjects.
One day Alex asked me to help him with flying a kite. I must have looked somewhat surprised and startled with this simple request, because kite flying is one of those things I take for granted. So I asked him why. To my chagrin, he replied imagination is the highest kite one can fly.” Alex added: + There is no limit to your imagination or how high you fly your kite.
+ As long as there is string you can fly a kite + Kites, like imagination can come in different sizes and shapes + With imagination you can get the soaring feeling of flying a kite in the sky I bought a box crate kite, a Japanese fighting kite, and a special Disney character kite and lots of string. The day I took Alex to the park was bright and clear, not a cloud in the sky. I put the Disney kite together first and got it soaring into the sky, then tied the string to his wheelchair. I saw a small smile on Alex s face. Next I had a little difficulty putting the box crate kite together and getting it to fly because I ve never flown this type of kite. It was a challenge for me, but I got it up.
The Term Paper on Producing Imagination and Reality
The lure of cinema operates primarily on the medium’s ability to convey and evoke numerous emotions, reactions, and experiences, based on its inherent nature; the magic of producing images, both real and imagined, is the territory of film via its techniques. Through the careful orchestration of the whole film production process—including screenwriting, directing, acting, production design, and art ...
Again I tied the string to his wheelchair and I saw Alex s smile get bigger. I was also smiling because I started to realize what Alex meant by saying Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. I became all fingers with anticipation as I put the Japanese fighting kite with its beautiful colors together. I could not wait to get this kite up and going high into the sky. When Alex saw me with this kite his eyes began to gleam with joy and I could see his mind, his imagination was working. UP IN THE SKY, UP IN THE SKY, what a thrill for both Alex and me! I tried to imagine what Alex was feeling at this moment of time, I know what I was feeling.
It was just great to let my imagination soar like the kite too.
