Open Your Eyes: A Child's Imagination

This picture was taken in a slum area in downtown Bangkok. A dog and a cat are strolling around, looking for food in the piles of trash. With temperatures at around 34°C the smell of warm rain water is in the air. Between dirty shacks two children are talking to each other on their mobile phones made of a piece of plastic they found somewhere around their home.

However, for a short moment the children are not poor. For a short moment, they are rich people, having fun on the phone. For a short moment, the girl even forgets that she has a broken arm. For a short moment, they are happy.

In a child’s imagination, everything is possible; children are always able to imagine a better world in their play, no matter how bad the circumstances are they find themselves in. A child’s imagination is powerful. However, somehow we lose this ability when we grow up.