The Imagination of Little People

“Chasing Rainbows”

John and I stumbled upon this site http://www.idiomsbykids.com last night while we were randomly googling some words. The site posts illustrations by 9-11 year old kids in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. The kids are given an idiom, like “On Fire” or “Chasing Rainbows” and told to draw what that would look like. They often take the literal meaning of the word which often makes for some really clever and witty images. Like the creepy guy chasing the frightened rainbow. That guy looks like a serial killer in the making, but the kid drawing it probably didn’t do that intentionally. We spent an hour scouring through over 1000 illustrations rolling on the ground laughing our asses off. Ah, to be young and naive again.

“On Fire”