Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Imaginary Friends or Amigos Imaginarios

Imaginary friends and imaginary companions are a psychological and social phenomenon where a friendship or other interpersonal relationship takes place in the imagination rather than external physical reality. Imaginary friends are fictional characters created for improvisational role-playing. They often have elaborate personalities and behaviors. They seem real but are ultimately unreal to their creators, as shown by studies.
           The creations shown here are NOT the children's imaginary friends, nor those of the 
creator..  well not so sure about that...



Imaginary friends are made often in childhood, sometimes in adolescence, and rarely in adulthoodThey often function as tutelaries when played with by a child. They reveal, according to several theories of psychology, a child's anxietiesfearsgoals and perceptions of the world through that child's conversations. They are, according to some children, physically indistinguishable from real people, while others say they see their imaginary friends only in their heads.  Imaginary companions are an integral part of many children's lives. They provide comfort in times of stress, companionship when they're lonely, someone to boss around when they feel powerless, and someone to blame for the broken lamp in the living room. Most important, an imaginary companion is a tool young children use to help them make sense of the adult world.   Despite some results suggesting that children with imaginary companions might be superior in intelligence, it is not true that all intelligent children create them.





Wednesday, October 20, 2010

bombons

under glass

in the palm of my hand

punky

snaky

double jointed

hoty

faces in the night

fairy

trapped

circus

snake woman

the blues

mystery

awake

snake eyes

fairy land

bombon 1

oh so sweet

bombon 3

yours not mine

where you been

legs

bombon 2

peacock

the shadow