THE CHILD
VOLUME 4 NUMBER 3
Fall 1979

What is childhood? Is it a privileged period of life up to a certain age, or is it the beginning of a trajectory that to all human intents and purposes may be as "eternal" as the life processes of the stars and planets? As the beginning of the human life process, how far can it go? If, as has been said, the only difference between men and boys is the size of their toys, then the "more" of the adult over the child is one of mere volume. Too many of us are only larger and dirtier children; but we complain bitterly when our children "grow up" to be basically the same as the rest of us. What can change, what must change for the process of evolution to continue? --from the editorial Focus

ARTICLES
TWINS TWISTED INTO ONE Don Talayesva
A powerful narrative of life before and after birth by a Hopi born in 1890.

RIDING A HORSE: A STORY Nicholas Weiss

TOWARDS BEGINNINGS Richard Lewis
A collaboration of a father/teacher and his children in an exploration of the nature of childhood.

BIRTH OF THE SUN: A STORY (Anonymous)

THE DANCING BUTTERFLY: A STORY Angela

BECOMING A CHILD John Loudon
Probing the paradox of becoming as a child and putting away childish things.

INANNA AND THE LAND OF NO RETURN: A POEM Rachel Nora Greene

THE AWAKENED EYE Frederick Franck
A recollection of the first moment of being at one.

THE STRENGTH OF THOR: A STORY Keith Jones

THE FIRST ACT REPEATED Lynda Sexson
How some of us make myth in the postmodern age.

ARCS: GROWN MEN MAY LEARN FROM CHILDREN THINGS WHICH OLDER PEOPLE MISS
Observations by and about the child on the nature of things.

THE CHILD INCARNATE Lobsang Lhalungpa
The Tibetan concept of the fully developed being in its child form.

OUTER SPACE AND EARTH: A STORY Rachel Cloudstone Zucker

 

TANGENTS: Reviews
A PRIMARY WORLD P. L. Travers
A celebration of origins.

LOOKING AT CHILDREN PLAYING, FROM THE SKY Frederick Franck
An exhibition of Japanese children's art and poetry.

SOUNDING A NOTE OF SEARCH Lorraine Kisly
Thoughts on Peter Brook's Meetings With Remarkable Men

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION Roger Lipsey
An inquiry, via the Kremlin Collection, into the purpose of looking at art.

EPICYCLES: Traditional Stories from around the World
THE EIGHTH EMBRYO Hindu
Retold by Paul Jordan-Smith

HERMES Greek
Retold by Thomas White

THE SWORD UNDER THE STONE Greek
Retold by Paul Jordan-Smith

THE SECRET SON Igbo (African)
Retold by Peter Thomas