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Enter Silly and Serious
At last, here come Serious and Silly. At least at last you know what they look like. Now imagine
them at play in your Inner Playground. Both of them, in your new All Weather Inner
Sandbox, at the same time.
Let them start off, as they always do, playing as far apart from each other as possible. Well,
they could possibly be further apart, but “possible” here means without being so far apart
that they can’t see or hear or feel each other.
They really seem to need their own space, to be in their own place, where the sand is clearly
theirs, and they can exercise total control. Without conversation. Or eye contact, even.
And at the same time need to be just close enough so they can catch a glimpse of what the
other is making. And, if they so desire, they can be completely free to make their own sand
do something that looks and functions and smells in a remarkably similar manner, yet is
clearly an improvement. Or not.
After a while, imagine Silly and Serious inexorably having to draw closer, to find out what
kinds of roads and bridges and canals and borders they can draw together, between their
creations. Imagine them drawing together.
Imagine how, given long enough, their bridges become the foundation for something surprising.
Surprising to Silly. Surprising to Serious. Surprising in a remarkably surprising way.
More surprising than either of you had even dreamed possible.
So surprising, that even the All Weather Inner Sandbox doesn’t have enough sand, isn’t big
enough.
Imagine Silly’s expression when that surprising thing gets born into the world. Imagine Serious’s
face when it gets made for real.
Now look in the mirror.
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