{"id":66,"date":"2010-11-02T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/2010\/11\/flowers-are-red.html"},"modified":"2010-11-02T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T01:00:00","slug":"flowers-are-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2010\/11\/flowers-are-red.html","title":{"rendered":"Flowers Are Red"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font>Children are naturally creative.&nbsp; We come into the world (in most cases), with senses fully alive. We take in the the Universe through them; smelling, tasting, touching, hearing and seeing what is around us. We are industrious and think outside the box, designing all manner of ways to climb on counters to get to the cookie jar, or dab sticky fingers on the wall to paint pretty pictures for our parents.&nbsp; If we are lucky, we are surrounded by adults who acknowledge and encourage our creative endeavors.&nbsp; If not, we can, as adults, find ourselves stifled. How many had teachers who told us to lip synch rather than express ourselves melodically or who told us to &#8216;stay inside the lines&#8217; when we colored?&nbsp; <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font><\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><font>Harry Chapin&nbsp;wrote a beautiful song called Flowers Are Red (covered by Zain Bhikha). It is a powerful reminder that we are ALL artists.&nbsp; Color with your creative juices~!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font><\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TFC08akRvtE&amp;feature=related\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"yshortcuts\"><font>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TFC08akRvtE&amp;feature=related<\/font><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children are naturally creative.&nbsp; We come into the world (in most cases), with senses fully alive. We take in the the Universe through them; smelling, tasting, touching, hearing and seeing what is around us. 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