Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The Purpose of Toys by John Riley


The purpose of toys is to augment the statement "All the world is a stage" (did Shakespeare say it?). We can be creators of families, friends, activities, communities, armies, athletes, games, heroes, villains, winners and losers.

In short, you can live in a world of your own while learning the art of living.

Toys may even help us to spin some poetry to describe the activity they lead you to arrange:

        You can be in a group or company of which you are the boss
        You can be a sportsman who never suffers  a loss. 
        You can be a person others never look on as odd
        In fact, you can even pretend you are GOD