Gemma’s Painting at 2 1/2 years old
…is the freedom to create without being bound by previous lessons, facts, information, and self-imposed rules. They are aware and free to interpret their reality as they see fit. They choose not to color inside the lines. They choose to draw chipmunks with blue dots and dinosaurs with big bellies. They have the freedom to create exactly what is in their mind without a predisposed vision of how someone else has already created it. This is their greatest power.
Do your best to let them take advantage of it, because it’s the only time they’ll be able to think and observe this clearly without having a world of “mind stuff” to clutter