yes, critical thinking and careful analysis, among other forms of thinking and creating art can be powerful tools to help one understand life...not the only tools, but necessary ones in conjunction with the innocence and energy of youth. Admiring the "knowledge of youth" goes much further than the "peter pan" thinking I'm hearing from bethany and ecas...will On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, SonikSka wrote: > In a message dated 98-01-18 16:31:17 EST, will writes: > > << it's a way of > seeing that makes me think of William Blake creating a lifetime of art to > really earn and understand the insights of youth instead of just brazenly > extolling them as I hear in the post below. >> > > instead of just brazenly extolling [the insights of youth]? what do you > propose we do? analyze them? > bethany >