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Anyone who spends time around young children knows that they pretend and play a lot. Often, their distinction between fantasy and reality is a pleasant blur.

As we grow older, that distinction sharpens, and this is fine, because a world of adults living in a pretend state would not function very well. (It’s bad enough watching people walk, talk, and comport themselves as if they were characters in a movie.)

But as we live in our world of responsible adulthood, it’s wise to remember that life is not just holding down a job, paying the bills, and nodding sagely during conversations about politics and current events. A full, rich life remembers the magic of childhood pretending, and we allow ourselves to break from the cold confines of “scientific” thought, in which the only reality is that which we can see, touch, and classify.

I painted Tea for Two to celebrate the child’s fascination with the world, and their willingness to believe in what adults assure them is impossible. Sometimes, we need to step away from what we find to be logical and ask ourselves, “What if this could be? What if this were true?”

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Tea for Two by Steve Henderson