The Power of the Sandbox
Some interesting words to keep in mind…
As I was growing up, I always had access to a big sandbox. When I was really young, it was a literal sandbox, usually something on the order of 8 or 10 feet on a side.
My siblings and I would build large cities, populated with GI Joe and Lego action figures all to be washed away by the giant flood that unleashing the garden hose created.
As I grew older and outgrew playing in actual sandboxes, I still had access to metaphorical sandboxes. My dad was, in varying percentages over the years, a taxidermist and a farmer. We always had workshops, tools, materials and opportunities for “sandbox” activities.
When you’re a kid, you don’t get the reasons a sandbox is so great. However, as an adult, you can see that a sandbox offers permission to experiment. In the sandbox, there’s no fear of failure. If something you try to build doesn’t work, you can try 10 times and then try something else without it being a problem.
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