In less than a week I will have completed the 30-day blogging challenge. I'm not sure there was anything to gain from it on your end, but for me, knowing that anything can become blog fodder, I found myself being a bit more introspective.
I'm not always happy when that happens because I find there are some things about me that have changed that shouldn't have.
Take The Chronicles of Narnia for example.
IF you came upon a wardrobe, in an unfamiliar house, would you be brave enough to hide in it? (no one else was thinking about spiders?)
IF you were brave enough to climb in-remember this wardrobe has been under furniture drapes for a while and mothballs came rolling out when you opened it, would you push your way (backwards) all the way through the musty smelling coats to the back?
(Still no spider thoughts?)
IF you would've done these things and backed out into a snowy world, would you then explore it?
Years ago, I would've said, "Heck yeah!" but today I was anxious as that CS Lewis world opened up. I was wondering if I would dare leave that wardrobe for fear of it disappearing.
I might shy away from possibilities for fear of leaving the familiar behind.
How about you? Would you explore or hold onto the wardrobe?
What got you thinking in this direction?
ReplyDeleteI think that's why Lewis used children. We're fearful creatures, aren't we? We know what lurks, our imaginations have grown stale, the unknown no longer grabs us like it did. Yet you yearn to move. Again. I think you'd leap into the snowy world.
I think I'd climb into the wardrobe if I were playing hide and seek and someone were coming into the room. I might even press to the back of the closet - spiders wouldn't really occur to me if there were no cobwebs in my face. But the snowy world - maybe. Probably.
I have become quite the wimp since becoming a mommy. I would have probably started cleaning the wardrobe and washing the dusty clothing inside. Have I lost myself within myself?
ReplyDeleteHaving read the Narnia Chronicles several times, I would jump right into the wardrobe. Had I not read the books, the whole spider possibility would have been enough to keep me out.
ReplyDeleteA month ago I would have never gone near the wardrobe (I'm with you on the spiders!!) but today I would go exploring. It's scary, but worth the adventure.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Whitney
I have to agree with Flea. I, too, think that's why C.S. Lewis made Lucy so young. Kids are so curious and ready to imagine and discover everything.
ReplyDeleteFor example, I remember as a child going with my mom several times to a clock shop when she was deciding to buy a grandfather clock. I remember turning the keys on the doors, knowing full well that when I opened them all I'd see would be the inside of the clock, but imagining that I was about to step into a fairy world. Those keys were magical, and my sisters and I had a grand time playing (though of course very carefully).
So, yes, I probably wouldn't venture into the wardrobe now, but then I would've. No question.
If I walked into a wardrobe and suddenly found myself in another world -- absolutely I'd explore. What boy wouldn't? That's what we live for-- rushing headlong into things we don't understand and may kill us.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah - I'd explore. Definitely.
ReplyDeleteToo many black nights under the stairs during air-raids,with a brother determined to pass the time scaring his sister, left ten year old me so fearful of spiders that there is no way she would have gone into an unknown wardrobe, then or now.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely no way would I enter wardrobe, go to back, get out of back and step into cold snowy world. Meet man with weird legs. No. No. No.
ReplyDeleteNo.
No.
Dammit. I really must be grown up. And boring. Damn.
I am torn. On one hand I hate to leave the comfortable and known. On the other hand I have been known to boldly explore unknown places. As for the spiders - I wouldn't think of them in the cupboard. In the room the cupboard is in . . . of course!
ReplyDeletechronicles of narnia were my favorite books. when i was younger, i would lay in bed fantasizing about going into my closet and coming out to find a different world. so...heck ya...i would jump in with exuberance!!! i don't have a problem leaving the comforts to explore...as long as i know that everything will be here when i get back...if i decide to come back!!!
ReplyDeleteOh my favorite series and now will be colleting the movies. It's so awesome to have my kids on board as well.
ReplyDeleteI would go and explore...just remember to keep my mouth closed cause knowing my luck.. one of those creepy insects would land in my mouth..tehe!
Or..I would get stuck in the wardrobe without any sense of direction. Now that's smarts I tell ya!!
I would explore the unknown.
ReplyDeleteI have to say though, facing the unknown can be very crippling.
One day, I would have jumped right in...but now with three little ones depending on me, I would cuastiously move around and discover all that I could safely.
ReplyDeleteI would explore. Spiders don't bother me. You ought to see the cobwebs that we have here at times. Oh dear, I should be cleaning instead of blogging.
ReplyDeleteExplore.
ReplyDeleteDEFINITELY.
Maybe.
:)
I wouldn't have left the wardrobe. I wouldn't have taken the chance of it closing and then disappearing. On the other hand, I would have wrapped myself in a fur coat and enjoyed THAT moment-before coming out and combing through my hair-so no one would know I was snooping.
ReplyDeleteI think it would depend...if I was being threatned perhaps I would run to the other side and not worry about the spiders. I know I used to love going into my grandmothers wardrobe and loved the moth ball smell.
ReplyDeleteI don't smell that at all anymore. Is that because we wear so many blends!? :D
Enjoy the weekend.
As a child, yes, I would have explored. As a mom with small children, no, too risky. As a mom of teenagers, yes, I'm ready to explore again. But I'd probably go back in the wardrobe for supplies first, then explore.
ReplyDeleteI think I would, well at least have a peek. I love the book, one of my favs.
ReplyDeleteI'd run ahead on in but I'd drag my kids with me and I'd keep pointing at the sky and the trees and saying, "OOOHHHHH, how pretty." Just like any other day, the poor dears.
ReplyDeleteAs a child timid and shy, I would have longingly dreamed of going through the wardrobe, but my fears would have stopped my feet cold. Nowadays I would embrace the wonder and dance on ahead. My children laughingly compare me to Merlin -- I youthen as I age. That timid child vanished years ago . . . probably when I took that first step through the wardrobe. I'm game!!!! : )
ReplyDeleteI guess the days of going through The Age Of No Fear are probably over for me, but I had a truly vivid imagination while growing up.
ReplyDeleteOh Hell! I'd still go for it. Who am I kidding?