Comments on: Creativity, Chabon, and Hard & Soft Edges http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2009/12/29/creativity-chabon-and-hard-soft-edges/ apophenic pretentia Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:49:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: David DeCheser http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2009/12/29/creativity-chabon-and-hard-soft-edges/#comment-94216 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:30:48 +0000 http://www.kipbot.com/blog/2009/12/29/creativity-chabon-and-hard-soft-edges/#comment-94216 Being a new father I often find myself worrying about that area between manning your kid up and damaging them for good. Not that I'm doing either of yet - he's too young. But I too, often wonder if we over protect kids these days. I used to work with this "old" guy many years ago, who used to always go on about how simple things were back in the olden days. It's crazy how now, years later, I can look back at those times (and my childhood) as being simpler. The Pixar reference is great ... and so true. I think a great example of an open ended movie of our day is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I mean, everything about that movie from the mysteries surrounding Wonka, the creation and closing of the factory, the ompa loompas - to the existential ending ... all fodder for a child's imagination. Contrast that to the (albeit beautiful and hugely entertaining) Tim Burton remake ... where every single blank space is filled in, and the ending is complete. Being a new father I often find myself worrying about that area between manning your kid up and damaging them for good. Not that I’m doing either of yet - he’s too young. But I too, often wonder if we over protect kids these days.

I used to work with this “old” guy many years ago, who used to always go on about how simple things were back in the olden days. It’s crazy how now, years later, I can look back at those times (and my childhood) as being simpler.

The Pixar reference is great … and so true. I think a great example of an open ended movie of our day is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I mean, everything about that movie from the mysteries surrounding Wonka, the creation and closing of the factory, the ompa loompas - to the existential ending … all fodder for a child’s imagination.

Contrast that to the (albeit beautiful and hugely entertaining) Tim Burton remake … where every single blank space is filled in, and the ending is complete.

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