Did you ever play the game pretend? Does imagination play a role in your life? Even in the simplest of objects, there is a sense of something hidden, or a sense of a life force at work. If we can look beyond the representational and stare hard enough and long enough past the confines of the physical manifestations we see portrayed around us, we may find that everything is not always what it seems. Sometimes, a rock is just a rock. However, I believe that too many of us race through our lives with exactly this impression. We take comfort in our labels, our categories, our defined job descriptions.
 
The use of imagination at times seems to be a vanishing trait in a world where most things are categorized as right or wrong, black or white, or proven with scientific methodology. Common items in nature-kind and human-kind might be viewed differently if we try to look below the surface and ask what-if or what-would questions. I ask these questions with the spirit and wonder of a child.
 
If a tree could shout, what would it say?
What if sunlight on a bush did more than just show off its leaves?
What if…