If+the+Wild+Things+Left

=If the Wild Things Left= By: Adam Mintzer

We all at times restrain ourselves. We may stop ourselves from skipping down a hallway, eating with our hands, or singing our favorite song as loud as we can. These childish and free acts often lead to technological and artistic improvements in our society to general forward movement for our society. This supression is also further induced by a new found obsession people have with time restrictions. These ideas are something that in the past year I have started to notice and feel myself as I starting to slowly be in more mature situations. People frown upon things that are odd to them, for example recently I was at a job interview and when asked what my favorite noise in this garden was I said “blue”. The interviewer frowned gave me an odd look and wrote something on her writing pad that was quite long. Also in this same interview which was scheduled to end at 1 pm, and she had 20 questions to ask me. At 1 oclock we were at question 15, I told her when I noticed this that I have more time if she wishes to continue, but she again gave me an odd look as to say “why would we stay here? The time is up”. In my shoebox, the smiley with a sheriff star represents all of society that are judging you. Headphones are used to show that this effects the item its connected to. The little boy and the dog that are at the other side of the headphones represent childhood thoughts and unrestrained actions, but they are chained up showing that society is restraining them. The tape “string” is wrapped around the dog and the boy showing its direct influence from these two things. The tape represents technology and art. Also attached to the tape “string” is a watch representing work, and self induced order that is “locked” onto the string with a lock. The watch is weighing down the string and adding another suppressor of the art and technology. So in conclusion, the society binds the childhood thoughts and actions that along with work and order cause art and technology to not be developed as efficiently and well.