tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post8527160255841660279..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: AstonishmentPatrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-80183130274969285522009-03-06T09:48:00.000-06:002009-03-06T09:48:00.000-06:00The fact that children astonish us (and their peer...The fact that children astonish us (and their peers) from time to time says less about the children, I think, than it does about ourselves. In too many cases we have forgotten (or, in some cases, obliterated) parts of ourselves that were alive and well when we were children. The world of adults worked its pernicious power on us when we were children, and gradually some of our capacity for perception and wonder was replaced by something else. Now, as adults, it is nevertheless fortunate that we retain the capacity to be astonished by children; however, when we think about that too long, we tend to become wistful and melancholic. Indeed, the children are a mirror in which we experience remembrances of things past.R/Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791522136032565027noreply@blogger.com