Cherry Lane

I will never forget Cherry Lane. It was there that I learned some of my most valued skills. Most of all I learned creativity as we created a world where money was cut out of notebook paper and friends visited each other everyday. Day after summer day, my sister, best neighborhood friend, and I fought our boredom through returning to our made-up lives in Amber's basement.

I long for Asher and Amelie to have opportunities to find their own creativity when their own boredom strikes. But I need to allow boredom to strike which isn't exactly easy in a culture focused on productivity and structure.

In my Pantagraph column this week I described several ways to leave room for boredom that leads to creativity.